Posted: Jul 22, 2019 11:22 am
Scot Dutchy wrote:Cito di Pense wrote:Scot Dutchy wrote:It is far from marginalised in Ireland (both North and South) which is true of the other GAA sport; Irish football. Remember Camogie. Hurling for women and even that is not a marginalised sport.
Nobody said Irish hurling was marginalized. At worst, it's under-appreciated in most places outside Ireland. I mean, how easy is it in the Netherlands to place bets on Irish hurling matches?
Not I am afraid. Of course betting is illegal. Goes with all sport. We dont have "Bookies". One of the British bookies companies tried it when it thought it could get round the law but failed. Dont get me wrong the Dutch do like a flutter but Calvinism always frowned upon it. We have the Lotto and the Totto. The latter is a sort of football pool but without the permutations. You mark who is going to win but the winnings are small. We have a national lottery which I have a standing order for.
I have to say that pickings appear slim at the moment. From what I've read, there is a lot of resistance to it which is breaking down slowly, mainly due to how the internet works:
https://www.sbo.net/country/netherlands/
The sports betting monopoly in the Netherlands is run by De Lotto. Bets can be placed on sporting events in the shops and through the Toto website.
Compared to most bookmakers, the number of markets is very limited, with betting only available on football, hockey, cycling, formula one, basketball, baseball and tennis.
This is likely indicative of the low levels of trade conducted through the Dutch owned website.
Online betting is appealing only to true gambling addicts, I'd guess. The above link also states this (which might have changed in the meantime, since several years ago):
Legislation to allow online betting in Holland was adopted by the Dutch parliament in 2016 but it hasn’t been approved by the Dutch Senate.