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A majority Dutch Senate has finally approved the proposal for a new online gambling law. The political parties VVD, D66, PVV, PvdA and GroenLinks were in favor of the plan. This is enough to have a majority in the Senate. It means that online gambling will become legal in the Netherlands. What effect will it have on the gambling market? Time is needed The fact that the proposal has been accepted, doesn’t mean that games of chance will be legal in the Netherlands immediately. It will take some …

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The Dutch Lottery has extended its partnership with TeamNL until 2020. This means that the Dutch Lottery will be linked to the 850 best top athletes from the Netherlands and 28 sports federations that are marketing partners of TeamNL. A happy, healthy and athletic Netherlands Arno de Jong, Marketing Director of the Dutch Lottery is very content with the partnership: ‘As a Dutch Lottery, we are there for society. We stand for a happy, healthy and athletic Netherlands. Sport and TeamNL have …

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The National Lottery has announced that it will operate its own points of sale. In early 2019, the first Lotto Shops of Lottery Centers will open their doors in Antwerp, Liège and Ghent. The announcement has led to criticism from the newspaper agents. They don’t like the fact that the National Lottery will now compete with its own sellers. Interesting timing It’s interesting that the National Lottery is planning to open Lottery Centers, since Belgian political parties are trying to regulate …

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Despite low winning odds, millions of people all over the world still participate in lotteries. Why is this the case? A psychological study from Nottingham Trent University explains. It takes many years to win the lottery… First of all, some interesting details about winning chances in the lottery. Imagine that you play with the exact same numbers twice a week. There are fourteen million possible combinations, which means that you only win once in every seven million (!) turns. The British …

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