Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Gambling Authority of the Netherlands, has posted the 2023 Gambling Market Scan, reflecting on facts amassed at the nation’s playing marketplace over 2022. However, 2022 become the primary complete yr wherein on line playing become to be had withinside the Netherlands, that is a factor closely analysed and in comparison withinside the document.
The document states a complete gaming gross result (BSR) of €3.4bn ($4.13bn) in 2022, a €1.4bn boom from the yr before. The document shows that this transformation become due, in part, to better call for for land-primarily based totally casinos and arcades following the Covid-19 pandemic, however that this transformation become greater appreciably impacted with the aid of using the accessibility of on line playing.
The on line playing marketplace become answerable for 31% of 2022’S BSR, whilst land-primarily based totally playing equated to 69%. Casino video games had been the maximum famous in 2022, making up for 56% of the BSR, whilst lotteries made up 10% – 8% of which become on line.
When evaluating this document to records from 2018, the maximum exquisite modifications in cost got here from the net marketplace. The land-primarily based totally enterprise withinside the Netherlands become hit harshly in 2020 and 2021 because of Covid-19, and whilst land-primarily based totally sales numbers are increasing, they have not begun to fit the BSR of 2018 and 2019. Meanwhile, the net marketplace has visible substantial growth, because of its legalisation.
In 2022, the common Dutch grownup spent €258 on video games, in comparison to €158 in 2021, and €221 in pre-pandemic 2019. The Netherlands follows the fashion of many European countries, of greater being spent on land-primarily based totally playing than on on line playing. Finally, on common in 2022, Dutch residents spend 14% much less than different Europeans on playing.