Statistics BELGIUM
MARKET DYNAMICS
SLOT MACHINES: Approx 14,000 (street machines) and 5,000 in arcades 180
GAMING ARCADES: SINGLE SITES: BETTING SHOPS: OPERATORS: LOTTERY:
LOTTERY RETAILERS: LOTTERY REVENUE: ONLINE GAMING: CASINOS:
CASINO SLOTS: CASINO TABLES: MAIN OPERATORS:
CASINO REVENUE: TOTAL GAMING REVENUE:
€119m €1.7bn
7,807
2,049 betting shops/paper shops. 180
Loterie Nationale 5,270
€1.2bn
permitted since June 2011. 9
1,590 Approx 150
Casinos Austria, Circus Group, Rank and Partouche
OVERVIEW
In February 2012 the Gaming Board issued the first licences for online gaming and there are seven A+ (casino), 27 B+ (gaming arcade) and seven F1+ (betting) licences granted
There are nine casinos permitted in Belgium which are Knokke, Ostende, Middelkerke, Namur, Blankenberge, Spa, Chaudfontaine, Dinant and Brussels. There are 15 machines per gaming tables maximum permitted. Turnover for the casinos in 2011 was €142m and gaming arcade turnover was €171m. In November 2013, Partouche sold Casino Knokke, the largest casino in Belgium, via its holding company Belcasinos, to online casino group Napoleon Games NV for €16.5m.
In gaming arcades there are a maximum of 30 machines permitted. There are 180 B licences granted. Meanwhile in single sites there are a maximum of two machines permitted and in betting shops one machine per shop. Turnover in gaming arcades has decreased over the last year by two per cent also single site turnover has increased by three per cent.
BELGIUM: Statistics Capital: Brussels Population: 10,444,268 Land Area: 30,278
sq.km Currency: Euro Government: Federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy. Head of Government: Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (PS) Elections: Following legislative elections the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is appointed Prime Minister. The next federal election is May, 2014.
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