Netherlands records 20,000+ self-excluded players since October 2021 launch Ted Menmuir, SBC News · August 3, 2022 at 5:03 pm Dutch gambling’s Central Register of Exclusion of Gaming (CRUKS) has registered over 20,000 users since its launch on 1 October 2021. The figure was disclosed by Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands gambling regulator, which provided a market update on the Dutch market’s safer gambling initiatives. Under the laws of Dutch gambling’s KOA Act, CRUKS is managed as a mandatory system that requires all licensed operators to centralise their customer databases with. KSA rules dictate that “slot machine arcades, Holland Casino branches and online gambling operators should consult CRUKS before allowing a player to gamble. If someone is on the registry, access will be denied.”
