{"id":2140,"date":"2020-11-26T00:17:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T00:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cazinova.ru\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2020-11-26T00:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T00:17:11","slug":"netherlands-wants-to-enforce-gambling-reform-in-curacao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cazinova.ru\/netherlands-wants-to-enforce-gambling-reform-in-curacao\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands wants to enforce gambling reform in Cura\u00e7ao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Curacao is actually an economically and touristically insignificant island in the Caribbean for Germany. The island with its capital Willemstad has almost 160,000 inhabitants and is only visited by a few thousand Germans each year. Experienced casino players will certainly have heard the name of the small Caribbean island before.\n\n\n\n

After all, numerous online casinos advertise with a gaming license from Cura\u00e7ao, especially in German-speaking countries. While at one point it can be read that \u201cstrict requirements\u201d have to be met in order to obtain a Cura\u00e7ao license, at another point it is criticized that there is no control and that there is not even an official regulatory authority.\n\n\n\n

It is almost exactly 8,420 kilometers from the German capital Berlin to the Caribbean island of Cura\u00e7ao. Even in January the minimum temperature here is at least 24 degrees. The island, which is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is actually a dream paradise for all locals and tourists. But now there is trouble in paradise: The Netherlands has now set a number of conditions so that financial aid can continue to flow into the Caribbean. It is also about a long overdue gambling reform.\n\n\n

Cura\u00e7ao should finally set up a regulatory authority\n\n\n

On November 2nd, the Netherlands asked the Caribbean island to implement a comprehensive package of measures. The so-called “Land Package” contains a total of 47 measures for business and finance. This is also about the island’s gambling sector, which has been heavily criticized by some experts. The current situation is that Cura\u00e7ao does not even have an official regulator for online gambling. However, several online casinos around the world call the government of Cura\u00e7ao their licensor.\n\n\n\n

A closer look reveals that several private telecommunications companies on Cura\u00e7ao have a so-called master license for online gaming. This includes the company Antillephone N.V. In practice, it is still the case today that these companies, which otherwise have little to do with gambling, issue further sub-licenses to online casinos and online betting providers. Although this has the consequence that they are jointly responsible for the actions of the providers, it gives them an additional attractive source of income. In the end, the state surveillance suffers, since in this construct it is no longer clearly recognizable which company is behind an online casino and whether the requirements are met.\n\n\n

Cura\u00e7ao should finally take responsibility\n\n\n

In addition to the requirement for its own regulatory authority, Cura\u00e7ao should also ensure that all gaming companies on the island comply with the applicable laws by the end of September 2021 at the latest. In addition, it is to be ensured that the licensees pay the regulatory authority gaming taxes and corporation tax. Furthermore, the licensees should be asked to pay a license fee.\n\n\n\n

Although Cura\u00e7ao is a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Netherlands wants to prohibit its residents from playing in Cura\u00e7ao casinos. More precisely, the online casinos in Cura\u00e7ao should apply for a license from the Dutch gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit in order to be able to legally offer casino games in the Netherlands. In addition, the Netherlands is demanding that the gambling companies licensed in Cura\u00e7ao make their offer inaccessible to players from the Netherlands.\n\n\n

Cura\u00e7ao – the portrait of a dream island\n\n\n