Licensing & Compliance

People Movers is an independent information desk. We are not a gambling operator, we do not hold a gambling license ourselves, and nothing on this site should be read as an endorsement that any specific operator is safe to use. This page explains the licensing landscape we reference when we talk about “trusted” or “licensed” platforms, centered on the Netherlands.

Our own status

People Movers does not accept deposits, does not process real-money wagers, and does not operate any casino game. We publish information and, on some pages, links to third-party operators — some of those links earn a referral commission, disclosed on our affiliate disclosure page. A commission relationship is never the basis for calling a platform trustworthy.

The Netherlands: Kansspelautoriteit (KSA)

Under the Wet Kansspelen op afstand (Koa Act, in force since October 2021), the Kansspelautoriteit is the body responsible for licensing and supervising online gambling operators serving Dutch players. A KSA license means an operator has met the Netherlands’ requirements on player protection, including deposit limits and mandatory checks against the CRUKS self-exclusion register — see our Responsible Gambling page for both.

Other EU licenses referenced on this site

Because online-casino coverage is rarely limited to one jurisdiction, pieces on this site sometimes reference operators holding a Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) license — the most commonly cited license type for operators serving multiple European markets. An MGA license is a different regime from a KSA license and does not by itself confirm an operator is authorised to serve Dutch players; the two are not interchangeable, and a platform genuinely serving the Dutch market should hold a KSA license specifically.

How to check a license yourself

Don’t take a “licensed” badge on a casino’s homepage at face value. The KSA publishes its own register of licensed operators, and the MGA does the same for its licensees — checking a claimed license number against the regulator’s own published list takes a few minutes and is the single most reliable way to confirm it.

Not legal advice

This page is general information, not legal advice, and not a substitute for checking a regulator’s current register yourself. Licensing rules change; verify directly with the KSA or the relevant regulator before relying on anything published here.