To mark Valentine’s Day, several online gaming platforms operating in Belgium have launched themed campaigns. Here are 3 of them.
A Belgian website devoted to news about DJs was recently hacked, leading to the publication of content promoting online casinos that are not authorised in Belgium. The page redirected users to gambling platforms that were not licensed by the Gaming Commission.
Problems associated with gambling do not always leave visible traces, until the consequences become impossible to ignore. This observation is at the heart of Speeltermeer, a campaign launched at the beginning of January aimed at professionals in contact with people at risk.
From the 1940s to the present day, the Las Vegas dining scene has always fascinated visitors. Once famous for its cheap buffets for gamblers between bets, the city is now seeing those same buffets radically transformed towards luxury, gastronomic variety and the complete dining experience.
A lottery win can transform a life, sometimes spectacularly. In the UK, a pensioner who won several million pounds used his fortune to finance a vast network for the production and distribution of falsified medicines.
A recent study by Common Sense Media highlights a phenomenon that often escapes the attention of parents and educators: a growing number of boys aged between 11 and 17 are taking part in forms of gambling even before they reach the legal betting age.
A court in Limburg has ruled that the immediate dismissal of a Casino Peppermill branch manager was lawful.
The Paris Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Meta Platforms (parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Messenger) for distributing illegal online gambling advertisements that fraudulently exploited the reputation of the Barrière Group.
At the end of a year of high tension, Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, ends 2025 on a difficult note. Official figures for the last month of the year show a significant decline in both tourism and gaming.
In Mouscron, a sensitive family case is now before the courts. A man addicted to online gambling is being prosecuted for dipping into the bank accounts of his own grandmother, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
A local woman saw her bank account drained of several hundred euros in less than an hour, without ever losing her card. Her testimony sheds light on a discreet but highly effective form of fraud: copying bank details.
A study published in January 2026 by the Keurmerk Verantwoorde Affiliates (KVA) analyses the online search behaviour surrounding the expression ‘no-limit casino’.
In 2025, the National Lottery produced 295 major winners, including 40 millionaires.
For several weeks now, viral videos on TikTok have featured the SkyHills logo or name. Beyond the visual strangeness, what are the consequences of this advertising that promotes an illegal service?
On 19 January 2026, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) officially welcomed Tipico, one of Germany’s leading sports betting and online gaming operators, to its network of members.
Gambling is now widely accessible and socially accepted, but the risks remain very real. Addiction, debt and psychological distress affect thousands of gamblers every year. In light of this, a new scientific survey is looking at a key factor that has not yet been fully evaluated: the effectiveness of campaigns to prevent problem gambling.
The name and reputation of Scooore.be, a betting site owned by the National Lottery, are being misused to create fake casino sites. Behind these imitations lies a well-oiled fraudulent system aimed at luring players to unauthorised platforms.
