The merger of the Netherlands’ Staatsloterij and De Lotto owner Sichting Nationale Sporttotalisator (SNS) looks set to go ahead after the country’s Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) ruled that the deal would have only a limited effect on the country’s gaming market.
Following a long investigation by the ACM, which examined whether the merged entity would have a detrimental effect on the Dutch gaming market by reducing competition and choice, the authority ruled that this [...]