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Children and gambling: a worrying reality

7 Jul 2025

Their names are Raphaël, Inès or Yanis. They are 15, 16, sometimes 17 years old. And already, some of them are scratching tickets in the school playground or betting online on the result of a Ligue 1 match. Yet the law is clear: gambling is prohibited for minors.

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PepperMill Friends to sponsor STVV until 2028

Maxime

6 Jul 2025

STVV football club has announced a new partnership with PepperMill Friends, with the logo to be displayed on the back of the new Bart Appeltans shirts.

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Monopoly comes to casinos with Hasbro’s new partnerships

Alex

6 Jul 2025

In July 2025, Hasbro took a major step forward in its ‘Playing to Win’ strategy: not just reviving its iconic brands, but bringing them to life in the form of adult casino games. Earlier this week, the company announced four licensing agreements, in collaboration with Aristocrat, Evolution, Galaxy Gaming and Bally’s. These will enable the creation of games based on Monopoly, Yahtzee, Battleship and even Dungeons & Dragons from January 2026.

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Do you gamble online? This is why Bwin is so popular in Belgium

Ron

6 Jul 2025

Let’s face it: if you like to gamble, you want a platform that is reliable, works smoothly and doesn’t cheat you. In Belgium, then, one name quickly comes up: Bwin. But why really? What makes that site so popular with Belgian players?

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Entain fails to prevent the registration of the name ‘Sportbet’ with the EUIPO

Glen

5 Jul 2025

At the beginning of June 2025, the British giant Entain, owner of the Sportingbet trademark, saw its complaint rejected by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The company was seeking to prevent Italian operator Sportbet S.R.L. from registering the ‘Sportbet’ trademark. But against all expectations, the EUIPO rejected Entain’s opposition, ruling that the terms ‘sport’ and ‘bet’ are too generic to be protected by an exclusive right.

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UCLouvain scans gamblers’ brains in a new study

Alex

4 Jul 2025

On the campus of the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) in Woluwé, a laboratory is conducting a novel experiment. Its aim: to understand how regular gamblers make their decisions: those who, every week, indulge in sports betting, scratch cards or casino games. A study shared by the Gaming Commission.

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Club Brugge signs historic deal with Betsson

Sarah

4 Jul 2025

2 July 2025 marks a major turning point in the world of Belgian football. Club Brugge has just signed an unprecedented shirt sponsorship deal with the Betsson group, an international online gaming giant. The deal, described as a record in the club’s history, exceeds all financial expectations and symbolises a new stage in the relationship between sport and the gaming industry.

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Starcasino strengthens betting integrity by joining the IBIA

Julien

3 Jul 2025

Starcasino, a new entrant to the Dutch market, has announced its membership of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). Behind this decision lies a clear desire to guarantee a transparent, secure and ethical gaming environment. This move positions Starcasino as a committed player in the fight against the manipulation of sporting competitions.

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Illegal gambling? Serpent exposes Flip a Coin

Alex

3 Jul 2025

On Thursday 27 June, Dutch YouTuber Rick ‘Serpent’ Broers published a shocking video exposing the dangerous nature of the Flip a Coin application. Presented by its developers as a simple skill game, Serpent reveals that it actually conceals a gambling system with potentially serious consequences.

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Kansspelautoriteit imposes heavy penalty on influencer LeftlanePapi

Ron

2 Jul 2025

The Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) is now tackling gambling influencers faster. It has imposed an order for a penalty payment on LeftlanePapi. This is the first time it has gone this far. The Ksa wants to crack down on influential gamblers on social media, especially if they reach young people.

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Bingoal-Casino.be: a fake site was abusing Bingoal’s reputation

Caroline

2 Jul 2025

The GC has just blocked the site bingoal-casino.be. The URL, which was similar to that of the legal casino Bingoal, linked to an illegal site in order to mislead players.

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Betting on the European Championship, World Cup and Champions League with Golden Palace: how to bet smart

Ron

2 Jul 2025

The European Championship, World Cup or Champions League is about more than football. It’s emotion, excitement, noise in the square and swearing at the screen. And yes: it is the moment when betting is suddenly much more alive than usual. Everyone wants to score – including you.

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Google favours a scam stealing the Vbet name

Glen

1 Jul 2025

For several months now, anyone typing ‘Vbet’ into Google has been redirected, not to the official vbet.nl site, but to a fake platform that fraudulently exploits the Vbet brand. A […]

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VNLOK and NOGA join forces: a new industry association established in the Netherlands

Nathalie

30 Jun 2025

In the Netherlands, the new industry association VNLOK was created after VNLOK and NOGA decided to join forces. As a result, the name NOGA (Dutch Online Gambling Association) will disappear. All of their licensed members will join the Licensed Dutch Online Gambling Providers (VNLOK).

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Double fault for Unibet: warning from the Ksa

Julien

29 Jun 2025

On 26 June 2025, the Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), the Dutch gaming regulator, issued Optdeck Limited (parent company of Unibet in the Netherlands) with two separate warnings. The first relates to non-targeted advertising, via the Unibet logo affixed to a touring car used for non-sporting purposes. The second relates to an automated gaming function, BonusBuy, which is considered to be a prohibited autoplay tool.

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Thonon-les-Bains: residents oppose the Golden Palace casino

Caroline

28 Jun 2025

A new chapter is opening in this spa town. After an absence of several decades, a casino is returning to centre stage. But this renaissance, spearheaded by the Belgian Golden Palace group, is not being met with unanimous approval.

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Tugi Tark: Smart AI customer service for casinos

Alex

26 Jun 2025

On 24 June 2025, from Tallinn in Estonia, start-up Tugi Tark (literally ‘Smart Support’) officially presented its AI solution dedicated to customer support in iGaming. Without any fanfare, it is off to a strong start: five online gaming operators have already adopted the platform, with the clear aim of signing up several more by the end of the year.

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