Published
OnlineLegal & RegulatoryAffiliate

Catena Media ordered to cease Dutch operations

Affi

catenamediaprohibit
liate network Catena Media have been issued with a cease and desist order by the Dutch gambling regulator, after it found that company's advertising of iGaming brands had violated the Netherlands' gaming regulations.

The Kansspelautoriteit have ordered the Malta-based firm to stop all of its current promotional activities and to refrain from any promotional work in the future. Regulators have stated that Catena Media will be liable for a fine of up to €21,000 if it fails to comply with this order.

According to the order, Catena Media targeted Dutch players in promoting a number of different iGaming operators on affiliate websites including pellenoverzicht.com, gokoverzicht.com, and netentcasino.nl. All three sites are now blocked to players in the Netherlands following the publication of the order.

Under the new Dutch online gambling rules introduced in May, iGaming operators and their affiliates are not allowed to target local players by using typically Dutch symbols, such as tulips and windmills.

In addition, .nl affiliate websites are prohibited from directing Dutch players to .com iGaming websites. Operators that have failed to block traffic from the country are also considered to be violating its gambling regulations and could face fines from the Kansspelautoriteit.

A full iGaming legal framework is currently working its way through the Dutch Senate and is expected to pass into law some time in 2018.


Affiliate News Sponsor
Premium+ Connections
Premium

Galaxsys

 
Premium

PIN-UP Partners

 
Premium

RISK

 
 
Premium

Digitain

 
Premium

Revsharks

 
Premium

1xBet Partners

 
Premium

Imagine Live

 
Premium

Sport Generate

 
Premium

Lynon

 
Premium

GammaStack

 
Premium Connections
Consultancy

SCCG Management

Executive Profiles
Zeal Network SE

Stefan Tweraser

VIP Play

Les Ottolenghi

Scientific Games

Keshav Pitani

Social & App

Spribe CEO exclusive: Simplicity is the foundation

Spribe CEO David Natroshvili speaks to Gambling Insider abou...

Redefining iGaming: A history of crash games

Crash games is a growing vertical that has taken gambling by...

A certain something: What makes crash games special?

Crash games. They’re simple, they’re easy to learn and,...

Smarter innovation to shape the future

Spribe CCO Giorgi Tsutskiridze discusses the past, present a...

Facing Facts: The corner of quarterly contemplation

With Q1 reports out across the industry, Gambling Insider co...

Taking Stock: A guide to key stock prices across the industry

Gambling Insider tracks prices from some of the industry’s...

15 years of Gambling Insider: From the Founders

Over the last 15 years, Gambling Insider magazine has interv...

15 years of Gambling Insider: The Awards over time

Global Gaming Awards Event Manager Mariya Savova gives us he...