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Moving from BE to NL for poker


Elukka12

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As we all know the situation for online poker is miserable in Belgium right now. Since it is a sizable side income for me, and since my other pursuits are treated friendlier there too, I am seriously contemplating the option of moving to the Netherlands.

Have a few questions regarding Unibet in the Netherlands. Maybe @Stubbe-Unibet or somebody else from the team can comment these things.

1) Is Unibet poker available in the NL (I assume so but you can never be too careful)
2) Are all promotion available for NL residents?
3) Are there some Belgian/Swedish type of restrictions in sight for the NL?
4) What is the policy of using Unibet NL account occasionally from Belgium?

I also have some questions regarding poker in the Netherlands at large - in case somebody knows

5) To my knowledge all major poker sites offer their services in the NL. Is this indeed true?
6) Is it true that winnings from EU-based poker operators are considered tax free income - compared to winnings from Holland Casino tax-wise?

Any help with these questions is greatly apperciated!

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Hey @Elukka12

I can answer some of these from our point of view. :)

1) Is Unibet poker available in the NL (I assume so but you can never be too careful) - Yes.
2) Are all promotion available for NL residents? - To my knowledge, yes. Some local promotions as well. 
3) Are there some Belgian/Swedish type of restrictions in sight for the NL? - Not quite sure what you mean with restrictions here? Please let me know and I'll answer. 
4) What is the policy of using Unibet NL account occasionally from Belgium? - If you are a resident of NL, you can use the account occasionally from BE as well, but if you spend more time in BE than NL it will become a problem. This is for every other country as well, when it gets detected on our end or there is any reason to suspect that you don't actually live in the country/address you have provided, it is a violation of our Terms & Conditions and may results in account closure. This will obviously trigger different kinds of verification requests.

Hope this helps. :)

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Thank you @ReCorpH for informative and quick reply!

Regarding 3) meant that countries such as Belgium and Sweden do not have any promotions anymore. I assume this is because those countries require their own country based licenses(?) that have gotten extremely strict. So basically my question is is there anything in sight that the NL is following the same path - making life increasingly complicated for both operators and players.

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Hey,

I'm not quite sure if that's something I can comment on. What's happening in Sweden and Belgium is indeed due to licensing but like I said, I don't think I can or should comment on something that might or might not happen in the future on other markets.

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You should keep in mind that the Dutch market will be re-regulated next year. No one knows the details in terms of promotion limitations etc. Can hope they look at how Denmark have managed to find a balance, instead of looking at Belgium and Sweden where poker isn't kept in mind at all :)
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Check the latest poker release notes. Have a look at our poker promotions

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@Elukka12 wrote:

This topic is coming relevant to me again now that the end of the year is approaching.

Does anybody know something about the new Dutch regulation next year?

PS: Thank you @wwaanneess

PPS Unfortunately easterdamn has not been active lately. Hopefully not broke!


Easterdamn was streaming playing 1000NL yesterday.

Confirmed not broke. 

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