(AsiaGameHub) – The two operators were discovered to have violated the Dutch gambling regulator’s prohibition on wagering related to negative events.
The Netherlands.- The Dutch gambling authority, kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has disclosed that it has reprimanded two licensed operators for providing bets on own goals in sports. Similar to other wagers on “negative events,” such offerings are banned in the Netherlands due to integrity worries, as own goals are considered more susceptible to manipulation.
The KSA discovered that Holland Casino Online and Vbet both featured bets on own goals on their websites. The regulator initiated a market-wide probe after receiving a tip-off. It determined that these two operators were the sole ones to routinely provide this kind of bet.
The KSA stated it had contacted the operators and that both Holland Casino Online and Vbet have since modified their offerings to eliminate the own-goal wagers. It added that it had also implemented further supervisory steps to avoid a repeat, prompting the regulator to deem the issue “sufficiently resolved for now”.
Operators were reminded to consult the KSA’s most recent Guidelines on the integrity of sports betting, released on December 22, 2025, which detail the types of bets that are not allowed in the Netherlands. Own goals are specifically listed as a negative event considered relatively easy to influence, thus posing a risk of match-fixing.
In a separate development, the KSA’s most recent biannual market report has expressed concern regarding the volume of money spent on unlicensed gambling in the Netherlands. The gross gaming result for the latter half of 2025 was €602m, a mere €2m increase from the previous six-month period. The monthly count of active player accounts climbed from 1.29m to 1.38m.
The KSA attributed the rise likely to the implementation of a net deposit limit in October 2024, which restricts the amount players can wager per account without needing to disclose income information. Based on KSA estimates, roughly 91 per cent of Dutch gamblers played exclusively with legal providers, keeping the channelisation rate steady. However, when measured in monetary terms, the channelling rate is substantially lower at 53 per cent.
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