Belgium

  • Sete tenistas banidos no último escândalo de manipulação de resultados

    A Agência Internacional para a Integridade do Ténis (ITIA) anunciou que suspendeu sete tenistas belgas na sequência de violações do Programa Anti-Corrupção no Ténis (TACP). De acordo com um comunicado divulgado pela ITIA, as suspensões foram aplicadas na sequência da conclusão de um processo penal que se centrou num...
  • Bélgica proíbe a publicidade a jogos de fortuna ou azar a partir de 1 de Julho

    O Governo belga decidiu proibir a publicidade ao jogo em múltiplas plataformas a partir de 1 de julho, numa tentativa de reprimir o vício e o endividamento, com uma nova proibição de anúncios em estádios e patrocínios desportivos numa data posterior. “O governo está profundamente preocupado com o impacto...
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  • Regulador belga sugere restrições a anúncios de jogos de fortuna ou azar

    A publicidade de jogos de azar na Bélgica deve enfrentar restrições adicionais depois que um novo relatório publicado pela Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC)  criticar os anúncios de jogo ‘omnipresentes’ durante os playoffs da Jupiler Pro League de 2019. O relatório enfatizou que os adeptos de futebol estão expostos a promoções...
  • Belgium is right to class video game loot boxes as child gambling

    Yesterday, the Belgian minister of justice, Koen Geens, announced the result of an investigation that the country’s Gaming Commission conducted into video game “loot boxes”, a mechanic that lets players pay real money for a chance at winning virtual items. It found that three popular games – Overwatch, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...
  • Belgium’s restrictive new online gambling rules close to reality

    Belgium’s restrictive new online gambling rules appear set to become law as the European Commission’s standstill period comes to a close. Last October, Belgian legislators approved plans to impose significant new curbs on online gambling operators, including a near-total ban on gambling advertising and a virtual prohibition of affiliate marketing activity....
  • Belgium Removes Online Gambling VAT Exemption

    On July 1, Belgium’s House of Representatives passed legislation to remove the broad-based value-added tax exemption on the gambling sector. Under the change, all gambling and games of chance that take place online will in future be subject to VAT. However, lotteries and land-based gambling will remain VAT-exempt. According...
  • Betclic returns to belgium gambling market via B+ license

    French gambling operator Betclic Everest Group has re-entered Belgium’s online gambling market after spending several years in the country’s blacklist. SBC News reported last week that Belgium’s Gambling Commission (BGC) finally gave Betclic Everest the approval to offer licensed online sports betting and slot services under its betclic.be domain....
  • Belgium steps up national coordination to protect sport’s integrity

    PROTECTING CLEAN ATHLETES FROM COMPETITION MANIPULATION WAS THE FOCUS OF A PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MEETING ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) AND INTERPOL IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, LAST WEEK. Another tangible result stemming from Olympic Agenda 2020, the meeting brought together key figures dealing with the national prevention of...
  • Bégica: O nome da empresa é retirado da lista negra para o seu regresso à Bélgica – Multa de 80 mil euros paga pelo Grupo Betclic Everest.

    French gambling operator Betclic Everest Group is planning to re-enter Belgium’s online gambling market after having its name expunged from the country’s blacklist. Betclic Everest made the very first blacklist issued by the Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC) in 2012. In February 2014, the BGC seized €600k of Betclic Everest funds...
  • Belgium to enforce law requiring live-dealer casinos to be based in country

    Belgian gaming regulators have put online gambling operators on notice that all live-dealer casinos must be based within the country’s borders. The Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC) issued a notice on Jan. 7 stating that it has decided to enforce an existing edict banning all live-dealer casinos that beam their...
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