A woman from Michigan has won $100,000 in the Powerball lottery. She based her choice on numbers generated by an AI chatbot.
What if artificial intelligence could become addicted? An idea that seemed like science fiction has just been confirmed by researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. In a groundbreaking study, they show that AI systems such as Gemini, GPT and Claude exhibit behaviours comparable to those of a compulsive gambler.
A 55-year-old man from The Hague has been convicted of defrauding eight people via Facebook. He received money for items he never delivered. The total damage amounted to €484.
Online gambling is growing rapidly in Belgium. According to the Gaming Commission’s annual report, the increase among young people is particularly striking. Young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 are gambling more often and for longer than ever before.
LeoVegas Group argues that stricter rules actually increase risk. Restrictions on bonuses and games frustrate players and cause them to seek alternatives outside the legal market.
Paddy Power is closing 57 betting shops in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Rising costs and changing customer behaviour mean that the company can no longer keep the shops profitable.
The court in Limburg has ruled that Michiel Nubé’s dismissal is legally valid. He was dismissed in August 2025 as CEO of Janshen-Hahnraths Group, the parent company of Fair Play Casino.
In 2024, the Excluded Persons Information System (EPIS) blocked more than 450,000 attempts to gamble. This is according to the annual report of the Gaming Commission. More and more people are consciously choosing to protect themselves from gambling addiction by excluding themselves.
It was a remarkable scene at Jaarsbeursplein in Utrecht when the Staatsloterij launched a campaign using a giant advertising fish (known from their logo) to promote the draw on October 10, 2025. However, the municipality of Utrecht reacted with dismay to this scene due to the increase in gambling addiction.
Andy Greenberg, a journalist for the American magazine WIRED (focusing on topics such as technology, culture, economics and politics), together with a security researcher, took the initiative to demonstrate that cheating at the poker table can be made possible by hacking automatic shuffle machines.
In a context where the gambling economy continues to develop and become increasingly digital, the Belgian federal government has approved a major transfer of powers: the regulation of gambling, currently the responsibility of the FPS Justice, is to be entrusted to the FPS Economy.
The Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), the Dutch authority responsible for regulating games of chance, has just announced the forthcoming creation of a new type of operating licence for skill machines.
2024 was a difficult year for the Belgian Gaming Commission (GC). Between poorly coordinated legislative reforms, a staffing crisis and the explosion of online gambling, the regulatory body has drawn up an alarming but clear-sighted report.
The case in question concerns an English semi-professional player who, after accumulating almost a thousand bets over ten years, has been fined what is now the heaviest fine ever imposed on a non-league player.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the European Commission did not perform its duties optimally in a long-running case concerning the Dutch gambling monopoly. Their ruling is that the European Commission must therefore re-examine its investigation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many casinos in the Netherlands were closed for health reasons. However, several operators were taxed by the Ksa for periods when it was impossible to operate. A recent court ruling has led to a reversal: the Ksa is now offering the operators concerned the possibility of claiming a partial refund of their 2020-2021 taxes.
In barely a year, the National Gaming Authority (ANJ) has passed a symbolic milestone: more than 2,000 certificates have been issued thanks to its innovative e-learning module. Here’s a look back at a success story that reflects the growing commitment of industry professionals.
