Belgium
The following licences were issued: A+ LICENCES: 1. Casino Spa
www.casino777.be 2. Casino Namur
www.pokerstars.be 3. Casino Blankenberge
www.unibet.be 4. Casino Knokke
www.napoleongames.be 5. Casino Oostende
www.bwin.be 6. Casino Middelkerke
www.ladbrokes.be 7. Casino Namur
www.circus.be Turnover for Permit A+ amounted to €15.2 in 2012. B+ LICENCES: Issued to 34 slot arcades F1+ LICENCES:
There are 17 online gambling licences (F1+) for online betting given to: 1. Sagevas 2. Vincennes 3. Unibet 4. Euro Tierce 5. Stargames 6. Mystery Games 7. CKO Betting 8. Circus Belgium 9. Nationale Loterij
10.SGS Betting 11. Play N Bet
12.Bet90 13.Tipico
14.Derby 15.BC Wetten Beteiligungsgesellschaft 16.World Football Association 17. Pas Co.
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In 2012 the government blocked access to unlicensed online
gaming sites. Banks are required to block all financial transactions from blacklisted sites and ISPs block access to unlicensed sites.
A stipulation for online operators was they had to have a physical presence in Belgium such as setting up land based servers or obtaining a landbased licence. Only those companies who operated in Belgium would be able to accept online Belgium custom.
This basically kept the foreign bookmakers out. Any companies found promoting unlicensed services faced criminal action. This was challenged by Betfair but leg- islation was upheld. Fines can be as high as €25,000 for players found gambling on illegal sites whilst operators face fines of up to €100,000.
The government put a limit on licences granted although some companies have circumnavigated these laws such as
Bwin.party which was initially blacklisted for being online only and later granted a licence by partnering Casino Kursaal Oostende.
In 2012 the government blocked access to unlicensed online gaming sites. Banks are required to block all financial transactions from blacklisted sites and ISPs block access to unlicensed sites.
In February 2012 three online gaming licences allowing Belgian players to legally gamble were approved –
PokerStar.be,
Partouche.be and
Casino777.be. Pokerstars partnered with Casino de Namur and the other two have their own landbased casinos in Belgium.
In March 2014 there were 97 banned gambling websites on the blacklist including
888.com, Betclic, Bet at Home, William Hill and Stan James.
In 2014 the Gaming Commission doubled the number of inspectors on its staff looking for non licensed gambling sites.
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