With the new information available today I think we can play on stars untill November 1st before Dutch accounts will be closed. This gives an extra month of play/cashout

Starting October 1st legal options will be Holland Casino online and GG Poker

This is a fair assumption. We’ll only know for sure once PS and others email their Dutch players. I’d imagine they’d wait until the last day of November but you never know.

DOH! That means I cannot secretly converse with Charlize Theron online there anymore.

Wait a minute. Actually, she is from South Africa. Nevermind people. Carry on.

I have now heard that the regulator intends on forcing unlicensed operators to halt their business for the Dutch starting October 1st and not November 1st. In the month of October, Dutch players will be able to log in to cash out, but won't be able to play. From November 1st, they will not be able to log in. That is what the regulator intends - is the latest information I have - it's not a given that it will play out like this as it's up to the online poker rooms and online casino's to cooperate or not.

For Dutch people looking for info, go to https://www.casinonieuws.nl/ they have really good up to date info regarding everything that comes with the new legislation.

I still haven't heard a word from Party what they are planning to do with Dutch players

also not from pokerstars....

Run It Once Poker emailed their Dutch customers today that they're closing shop for us. No word from party, PokerStars, or Unibet. The latter two declined to comment today when I asked them at a conference I was at with them.

that seems like terrible management, especially since october 1st is 3 days away

The regulator today was again very clear. But there's always the possibility that the law firms working for these pokerrooms have a different idea/strategy/take on things. I really don't know. The date the regulator is really going to enforce the new policy, is November 1st. So there might still be some room, I don't know.

Yeah don't worry about it. November 1st is when they HAVE to be offline. October 1st is just when the law goes into effect. Meaning if you decide to play on stars or party after october first you will have to pay taxes over whatever amount you win. Stars and party will probably email us early-mid october asking us to cash out in preparation for november

how does it work with the taxes? Are players taxed now or just the companies that offer gambling?

Unlicensed you pay tax, licensed they pay tax

Yeah SO still no word from pokerstars and unable to see or register any tourney in the lobby that starts (or finishes???) October 1st.

Weird stuff but I cashed out my whole bankroll just now.

GG poker it is! As they appear to have the license from tomorrow...

i heard bet365 will also get a dutch license, does anyone know if that means we (dutch players) are immediately welcome there tomorrow

Just got a e-mail from stars saying we can't play from 1 october. ****** idiots wait until 6 ours until 1 october to inform us.

Anyone else has his challenges window completely empty? Was clearing a $400 rakeback chest, was just couple $ away from $160,- and now there is nothing.

Yeah, Party and Stars have informed us their closing and Stars is not allowing to register tournaments. Withdrawing money still possible for a while I think.
Sorry ohnoyoudidn't you are not going to get to earn your 160 in time.

My client is already missing any tournament or sit&go costing less than $109. Earlier I could at least see the finished ones in the micro section, but after pressing 'play the similar game' it already said it wasn't available in my country.

I will certainly miss them, been there since 2004 I guess. Tried many others in between but the software, offering of games, relative fair casino and a very fast payout to Skrill etc. All the others took hours if not days.

Not going to look for alternatives, saw that list of 10 operators, Non of it appeals, that is when I every heard of some of them. Seeing the bigger gambling sites already cut ties with Dutch people, what's going to be left online is those rogue ones that don't give a **** about any Dutch law to apply for a license.

There's a big chance they launch at in 2 hours. Some others, like Batavia Casino, will wait till after the weekend, but I don't think bet365 will wait.

GGPoker, Holland Casino Online, and bet365 have licenses and poker. Good luck!

Do you know whether any of the clients offer heads-up cash at this moment?

This is all a bit frightening, I found out about the gambling reform just now. I got kicked out of the Unibet poker client a couple of hours ago immediately after receiving a message that play is unavailable for Dutch residents for an unknown length of time. This is the official statement (in Dutch) that has just dropped from the CEO Kindred Group, the group that owns Unibet:

“De openstelling van de online gokmarkt in Nederland is een zeer positieve stap voor alle betrokkenen. Wij kijken ernaar uit om in de loop van 2022 onze Nederlandse licentie te ontvangen en daarmee een positieve bijdrage te leveren aan de Nederlandse samenleving als gewaardeerde expert in het realiseren van een duurzame gokmarkt.

“Wij hebben altijd een veilige gokomgeving centraal gesteld in onze strategie en activiteiten, en voldoen nu al zoveel mogelijk aan alle Nederlandse licentie-eisen. We blijven ons volledig inzetten voor consumentenbescherming, het voorkomen van verslaving, en het bestrijden van fraude en criminaliteit. Een belangrijk onderdeel hiervan is onze ambitie om in 2023 nul procent inkomsten uit schadelijk gokken te halen.”

So yeah, RIP playing on Unibet for the forseeable future.

Is there any information out what poker options us Dutch residents have at this moment in time? I read in this thread that Bet365 already obtained a license and will likely welcome Dutch players this month - writing this in the early hours of Octobre the 1st - but their official website states that they don't offer any services to Dutch residents.

Under what name is bet365?


The Dutch Gambling Authority today notified 10 companies that they will be granted a license allowing them to offer games of chance via the Internet as of October 1, 2021.


The 10 companies are:

TOTO Online B.V.
FPO Nederland B.V.
Holland Casino N.V.
NSUS Malta Limited
Play North Limited
Tombola International Malta Plc
Hillside (New Media Malta) Plc
Bingoal Nederland B.V.
Betent B.V.
LiveScore Malta Limited

GGpoker and 365 still say I can't play with a dutch IP.
Holland casino online, I can't even find...