Writing his first post in his new position, Groothuizen underlined his commitment to concluding the reforms of the Remote Gambling Act – the KOA – regardless of the Netherlands’ new coalition government.
Having served a full month as Chairman since taking office on July 1, Groothuizen will oversee the remaining phases of the KOA review under the new government.
KSA agents, despite governmental changes, remain in place to finalise a near three-year process to overhaul KOA laws, which helped launch the Netherlands online gambling marketplace in October 2021.
According to the Chairman: “The new ministers will also use largely the same underlying structure in the departments. And civil servants will support them, enthusiastically or not, but above all loyally, and provide them wit..