Dutch gambling market loses €0.4bn in 2025, almost all of it online

The Dutch licensed gambling market shrank by about €0.4bn in 2025, and the drop came mainly from online. Gross gaming result (GGR, stakes minus winnings) for the whole market, online and land-based, fell from €4.5bn in 2024 to €4.1bn, according to the annual market scan of the Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), the Netherlands Gambling Authority. The regulator published it on 29 October 2026.

The regulator published a half-yearly monitoring report on online gambling for the first half of 2026 at the same time.

By the numbers

• Online casino GGR, 2025: down 18.2%.
• Online betting GGR, 2025: down 30.2%.
• Slot machines in arcades and hospitality venues: GGR down 4.7%.
• Holland Casino: GGR up 2.8%, driven by slot machines rather than table games.
• Lotteries: GGR down 1.8%.

The details

The Ksa says the online falls are at least partly due to player-protection measures introduced at the end of 2024, such as the net-deposit limit. It also notes that the 2024 men’s European football championship lifted sports-betting GGR in that year, which makes the 2025 comparison harder.

On accounts, online gambling accounts rose to 1.48 million in the first half of 2026 from 1.38 million six months earlier. The number of people who gamble has not risen significantly, the Ksa says. It estimates about 490,000 gamble in a given month and about 820,000 gambled online at least once in the half-year.

The regulator offers two possible reasons for the account growth: the men’s World Cup, which began in June, or people opening several accounts to get round per-account deposit limits. It does not say which applies.

Channelisation (the share of play that stays with licensed operators) looks stable. About 94% of people who gamble do so only with licensed offers. By GGR, the Ksa estimates channelisation rose from 54% in the second half of 2025 to 59% in the first half of 2026. The gap between the two figures suggests that people who gamble illegally lose considerably more on average, the Ksa says.

Gambling harm

Treatment figures from the national alcohol and drugs information system (LADIS) cover 2025: more than 14% more people were in treatment for gambling addiction than in 2024. Ipsos survey data show the number at high risk of harm unchanged in 2026, low-risk up and moderate-risk down. Ipsos estimates 65% of online gamblers play without problems, the same as in 2025.

The big picture

A €37m fine on EOD Code for unlicensed casino games came a week before this report. The regulator has also said it is negotiating with Google and Meta over illegal gambling ads.