The chairman of the Dutch gambling authority Kansspelautoriteit has proposed automatically enrolling individuals on the Central Curatorship and Administration Register into the national gambling exclusion program. Michel Groothuizen submitted the recommendation to state secretary Claudia van Bruggen during the parliamentary summer recess.
The CCBR tracks residents whose financial and personal matters are managed by legal representatives due to severe debt, mental health conditions, or long-standing addictions. Registration falls under guardianship or fiduciary administration. Groothuizen suggested that anyone listed on the register should be placed on the Cruks exclusion list for the entire duration of their legal protection.
According to a statement on the KSA website, administrators and guardians have recently expressed a need for this measure.
The Netherlands would join Belgium and Germany, where similar automatic exclusion systems are already operational. The KSA estimates that approximately 25,000 people currently receive administrative support through the CCBR, with another 25,000 under curatorship. The Cruks register currently contains around 120,000 entries.
Operator Compliance and Financial Testing
The regulator also released updated guidance regarding how online gambling providers must conduct financial means tests. The authority reported that many operators have refined their verification procedures, though certain deficiencies persist. The KSA subsequently issued ten improvement interviews, three formal warnings, and one binding instruction to address these compliance gaps.