Ksa chairman Michel Groothuizen defends talks with Google and Meta over illegal gambling. Why is this approach also relevant to Belgium?
The Belgian Gaming Commission (GC) took new decisions on 15 October 2026 concerning six gambling websites considered illegal in Belgium. The addresses concerned include kalshi.com, pro.kalshi.com and several online betting platforms.
One night of basketball costs Jake Pearson $1,800. He tries to win back his losses with increasingly unlikely bets. For the experts advising him, these are clear warning signs. What follows is an invitation to qualify for DraftKings’ VIP programme.
In France, online sports betting continued to grow in 2025 despite the absence of a major international sporting event. But behind these results, an analysis by the ANJ reveals contrasting trends depending on the sport, the competition and the profile of bettors.
In Flanders, tax revenue from gambling fell by 8% in two years, from €75 million in 2023 to €69 million in 2025. While Belgians continue to wager billions of euros, the growth of online gambling, which is taxed less heavily than land-based establishments, is putting regional revenues under pressure and reigniting political tensions over tax reform.
The World Gaming and Betting Alliance (WGBA), a new international organisation dedicated to gambling and betting, has appointed Maarten Haijer as chief executive officer. The former EGBA executive will be tasked with promoting effective regulation of the sector worldwide.
On 8 October 2026, the Kansspelautoriteit published new guidance on verifying bank accounts and payment methods used at online casinos. The measures are intended to prevent minors, self-excluded players and unauthorised persons from using accounts that do not belong to them.
The same games dominate the homepages of many cryptocurrency casinos. An analysis by Blask, covering 3,772 gaming lobbies across 1,820 brands and 36 geographical markets, reveals the dominance of Gates of Olympus 1000.
In Belgium, one of the support websites for people facing gambling-related problems recorded nearly 30,000 visits in July 2026. The exceptional level of traffic coincided with a period packed with major sporting events.
The name looks familiar and the website resembles that of a legal casino. Yet after clicking, a visitor ends up on an illegal gambling site. The Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) is warning about copied casino websites and recently had 26 misleading addresses under .co.nl removed. All of the reported sites were taken offline within a maximum of 48 hours.
Buying a football game and then paying for a pack without knowing what is inside. For many gamers, this is simply part of the game, but the mechanism clearly overlaps with gambling. NEMO Kennislink examines how loot boxes blur the line between the two worlds. For Belgium, the main follow-up question is especially relevant: how well are players protected when strict rules are not enforced everywhere?
On 31 October 2026, Circus Casino Resort Namur will host a special event centred around Koh-Lanta. More than 20 former contestants will take part, with Denis Brogniart also attending, alongside a charity poker tournament and several activities open to the winners of a competition organised by La Dernière Heure.
A news website that helps investigate illegal gambling networks suddenly receives so much traffic that readers start seeing error messages. CasinoNieuws.nl reports serious accessibility problems on LinkedIn and points to a bot network. The editorial team suspects a connection with its cooperation in an investigation by SIDN, the organisation that manages the Dutch .nl domain. Who is behind the suspicious traffic has not been publicly established.
Belgium’s intellectual property case-law database has been expanded with new rulings concerning online piracy and illegal gambling on the internet.
A Dutch-language website, an orange lion and the names of well-known banks: according to the Keurmerk Verantwoorde Affiliates (KVA), BetOranje is clearly targeting Dutch players. The certification body describes the operator as illegal and has shared its findings with the Dutch Kansspelautoriteit. For Belgian players, the case underlines why a familiar appearance should never replace a licence check.
Casino de Namur has been ordered by the Liège Court of First Instance to pay €9,250 to a player after cancelling three winning sports bets.
Betano will become an official sponsor of the UEFA European Championship in 2028. Parent company Kaizen Gaming is thereby extending its partnership with UEFA. For Belgian football fans, the announcement comes with a notable backdrop: the tournament will take place in the same year that the transitional arrangement for gambling sponsorship of professional sports clubs in Belgium comes to an end.
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