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Dutch slot machine arcades are facing an investigation from the Netherlands’ Gaming Authority (KSA) over widespread reports of self-exclusion violations

Dutch one-armed bandit political machine arcades are veneer an investigation from the Netherlands’ Gaming Authority (KSA) over widespread reports of self-exclusion violations.

The regulator claimed to get received “dozens of reports inward recent months” from players who, despite existence listed on the Netherlands’ self-exclusion register, were allowed to enter one-armed bandit machine arcades.

Operators are required to check into whether customers are registered inwards CRUKS, the country’s central exclusion register for games of chance, before granting them access.

However, the KSA said many are failing to perform so, and in some cases, in that respect is no access code hold in at all, patch on other occasions, a CRUKS enrolment is ignored.

These failings are “very serious” remarked the regulator, adding: “Players registered in CRUKS precisely because they get problems with gambling and are no more longer in control. If the investigating shows that violations have actually taken place, the KSA testament impose sanctions.”

This isn’t the first of all clip the KSA has raised concerns nigh one-armed bandit machine operators. In later(a) 2021, the regulator conducted an inspect of 20 arcades, concluding that many ease drop unawares of the country’s new sound requirements.

This came shortly after the debut of the country’s regulated iGaming market place endure October, which coincided with the set in motion of CRUKS. The register is intended to wait on as “an important agency of combatting gambling addiction,” added the KSA.

Players can choose to registry themselves or “someone from a player’s environment” canful put forward a postulation to the KSA for registration. Registered players are prohibited from gaming with licensed operators.