The Dutch Gambling Authority (Kansspelautoriteit, or KSA) has officially delivered two separate warnings to Optdeck, the licensed provider responsible for operating Unibet within the Netherlands, citing breaches of the country’s stringent regulatory framework governing games of chance. The regulatory action relates to untargeted advertising through sports sponsorship and the unauthorised deployment of an autoplay feature in an online casino game. While the KSA has opted for warnings rather than immediate punitive sanctions, it has emphasized that the responsibility for full compliance with the Dutch Betting and Gaming Act (Wet op de kansspelen)......
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