Netherlands to probe games of chance

The national authority is currently consulting parties from the industry to see if individual machines are games of chance.

The Netherlands Gaming Authority (NGA) started this week the process to consul interested parties in the gambling industry to see if individual machine offerings could be considered games of chance or not.

The process that started on December 6 will last for more than a month when the authority closes the consultation on January 16. The NGA set the assessment framework to study each game and see if it complies with the laws of Netherlands and in consequence be subject to a license application.

The gaming authority said that each party involved in the industry is invited to test the machines and games before the consultation process ends. The assessment is based on the Gambling Act of 1964, which is set to help a quicker development of games.“The boundary between games and gambling is becoming less apparent. The assessment framework will help clarify this,” said NGA.