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in English (2) Historical development of gaming in the Netherlands 1726 Establishment of the Dutch state lottery, the worlds oldest still existing state lottery. 1848 General prohibition on lotteries, except the state lottery. 1905 Lottery Act, allowing lotteries for charitable purposes. However until 1961 charity lotteries are not allowed to pay out prizes in money, but only in goods and services. 1911 Prohibition of all gaming except lotteries inserted in the Criminal Code. 1948 Totalisator Act, introducing legal horsebetting as a monopoly in the Netherlands. 1961 Amendment of the Lottery Act, legalising sportsbetting (footballpool) as a monopoly and introducing the possibility for charity lotteries to pay out prizes in money. 1964 New Gaming Act, containing provisions on the state lottery, charitable lotteries, sportsbetting (footballpool) and horsebetting (totalisator). 1974 Amendment of the Gaming Act, introducing lotto and casinogames as a monopoly. Also introduction of charitable bingo. 1974 First lotto draw on September 1. 1976 Opening of the first casino in the city of Zandvoort on October 1. 1986 Amendment of the Gaming Act, legalising the commercial operation of cash pay out slotmachines in bars and arcades, as well as introducing slotmachines in casinos. 1994 Amendment of the Gaming Act, introducing instant lottery as a monopoly. 1996 Establishment of the Netherlands gaming control board. 2000 Amendment of the Gaming Act, containing a revision of the regulation for slotmachines. Introduction of linked jackpots and multiplayers in arcades. 2000 Cabinet decision on major changes in the Netherlands gaming regulation, following a report by a commission to review the gaming legislation in the Netherlands. The main proposals of this commission, aiming at an overall liberalisation of the gaming regulation in the Netherlands, have however not been adopted by government. 2003 Earlier Cabinet decisions on changes in the gaming regulation have to a large degree been turned back by the new government. 2004 The percentage of the sales of charitable lotteries that has to be contributed to good causes has been reduced from 60% tot 50% as of 1 September 2004. 2005 A study has been commissioned into problem gambling in the Netherlands. The report has been published in October 2005. It is estimated that there are about 40.000 problem gamblers in the Netherlands, plus another 70.000 persons at risk of becoming so. 2006 A code of conduct for promotional games has come into force as of 1 January 2006, in anticipation of a new Gaming Act. The number of allowed casino operations has increased from 12 to 14. In March 2006 the new Holland Casino Venlo has been opened and in December 2006 the new Holland Casino Leeuwarden. 2008 On 1 April 2008, the Senate has voted down by 37 to 35 votes an amendment to the existing Gaming Act, that would have allowed interactive internet gaming on an experimental 3-year basis for Holland Casino only. As of 1 July 2008, the existing 19% VAT on slot machines is replaced by a 29% gaming tax on gross gaming revenue.
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