http://www.nu.nl/politiek/3825614/on...-per-2015.html
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The government of VVD (conservative liberal) en PvdA (social democrats) came to an agreement: in 2015 online gambling will be legal, at sites that are authorized. The goal is to have 80% of the 800.000 online Dutch gamblers on these legal sites. In negotiations the big issue was the tax rate. In the state owned casino this was 29%. The rate for online gambling is now set to 20%. This will prevent people from choosing illegal sites. The organization of online gambling companies would still rather want the rate to be set at 10%.
By legalizing gambling addiction can be battled better, the government hopes.
The state owned Casino, which had been losing money for year, will be privatized.