The former Namur Casino pavilion, designed in 1909 by the architect Georges Hobé, is continuing to be rebuilt thanks to the work of volunteers from the Union des Artisans du Patrimoine (UAP).
In Brazil, since the introduction of the new gambling law at the end of 2023, more than 10,000 legal cases have been brought against online betting companies. Most complaints relate to blocked accounts, problems with payouts and terms and conditions that have been unilaterally amended. For Belgium, this may seem like a distant concern, but the underlying warning is relevant here too.
Gambling operators handle a significant amount of personal data every day.
Belgian heritage is set to receive a new boost. The National Lottery has announced the award of a total of one million euros in funding to nine projects from five Federal Scientific Institutions.
For fifteen years, the casino on Boulevard Anspach was operated by Viage. That period is now drawing to a close. On 18 July 2026, the City of Brussels officially awarded the new licence to ECK NV, the company that operates the Napoleon Games brand. This decision marks the start of a new fifteen-year cycle for Belgium’s most popular casino.
The Gaming Commission (GC) has published a new update to its blacklist of illegal gambling sites. Dated 17 July 2026, this update adds five new platforms to the list of sites whose operation or access is considered to be in breach of Belgian law.
FIFA did not identify any suspicious betting patterns or indications of match-fixing during the 2026 World Cup. All 104 matches in the tournament were monitored in real time by the FIFA Integrity Task Force, which had been set up specifically to detect potential manipulation and irregularities in the betting markets.
Prediction markets have rapidly become a notable development within the online gambling and crypto world. On platforms such as Polymarket, users can speculate on future events, such as elections, sports matches, interest rate decisions or geopolitical developments.
The ANJ has just ordered French internet service providers to impose an administrative block on the prediction site Polymarket for promoting an illegal gambling service.
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Amazon has reached a remarkable settlement in a US lawsuit concerning social casino apps. The technology company will not pay any compensation itself, but is giving players the opportunity to recover over 201 million dollars from the developers behind the apps.
The EGBA is expanding its board of directors with the arrival of Super Technologies. The stated objective remains the harmonization of safety and player protection rules across the European market.
From 14 September 2026, Google will implement stricter checks on which companies are permitted to advertise gambling via its advertising platform. It is not just individual advertising accounts that will be assessed; umbrella accounts belonging to casino groups and marketing agencies may also lose their authorisation in the event of repeated breaches.
The Netherlands is concerned about students financing their online gambling addiction with government loans that cannot easily be suspended. Belgium is currently escaping this problem.
