I believe HC is owned by the Dutch government somehow, similar to the Staatsloterij. There are others but they are the biggest by far.
Having to register is common across casinos I think. I went to one in Belgium and registration was mandatory there as well. Both for safety of the staff as well as some tracking of heavy (possibly dangerous) gambling.
I went to an English speaking high school for a while being a native Dutch speaker. Sadly the teachers there were very aware of the Dutch students and would sternly bit politely ask to keep it in English.
Now that I’m in the real world I use Dutch as a private language quite often.
Ik gebruik Reddit nog voor specifieke vragen omtrent wat hobbies. Geen posts gemaakt maar het zijn gewoon de zoekresultaten uit DuckDuckGo. Lurk soms nog op de Nederlandse sub als er iets interessants in het nieuws gebeurt maar doe al m’n doom scrollen verder Lemmy.
And my axe