Winning a large sum at the casino should be a moment of joy and celebration. However, for some players, the dream turns into a nightmare in just a few hours.
The Final Four of the EuroLeague 2025 promises to be a thrilling affair with four renowned teams: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Fenerbahce and Monaco. Each of them has their sights set on the prestigious European trophy, but according to the current odds, Olympiacos looks to be one step ahead.
“This page is not accessible to residents of the Netherlands.” This is the message that visitors have recently been seeing when they try to open Casinoscout.nl from the Netherlands.
Eurovision 2025 is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable and hotly contested competitions in recent years. As all eyes turn to tonight’s second semi-final, Europe’s bookmakers continue to adjust their odds.
In 2012, the Kansspelautoriteit was set up to protect players and ensure fair play. Now, 13 years later, it is clear that this protection is needed more than ever. According to lawyer Benzi Loonstein, the regulator is dropping stings. He worries about licence holders not complying with court rulings.
The Belgian gambling sector is sounding the alarm. Not because it has to, but because it itself thinks it can do better. Back in 2023, major players joined forces. They went beyond what the law requires.
Online gambling platforms are increasingly using techniques from video games. Think of rewards, rankings, badges and daily challenges. Everything to make players play longer and come back more often.
In a case that could have set a precedent at European level, Belgium has chosen to withdraw its complaint against Apple, accused of allowing the sale of illegal loot boxes via its App Store.
On 31 May 2025, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan will meet for the first time in the Champions League finale at Munich’s Allianz Arena stadium. The match promises to be an epic clash between two giants of European football.
In April 2025, Voedselbanken Nederland launched the ‘Ook voor jou’ (‘Also for you’) campaign with the financial support of the Postcode Lottery. The aim of this initiative is to reach people who are eligible for food aid but who, through ignorance or shame, do not receive it. According to Voedselbanken Nederland, around 540,000 people in the Netherlands need food aid, but more than 70% do not apply for it.
Despite being banned from operating in the Netherlands, online casino LalaBet continues to operate with impunity. According to the latest data shared by the Keurmerk Verantwoorde Affiliates (KVA), this illegal site attracts more than 64,000 monthly searches on its name. This worrying level of popularity reveals the scale of the problem.
The famous X account ‘Has Mbappé scored a free-kick?’ has undergone a major change. The account that asked the same question about Kylian Mbappé every day for years is now owned by Polymarket.
In a recent episode of Vandaag Inside, the popular and high-profile Dutch TV programme, Johan Derksen (critic) and Chris Woerts (sports marketer), spoke out vehemently against the current gambling policy in the Netherlands. According to them, the strict rules are causing more and more people to divert to illegal gambling sites.
Five Jewish youths wanted to go bowling at Gamestate on De Keyserlei in Antwerp last Sunday. What was supposed to be a fun evening turned into shock and disbelief.
Companies earning from loot boxes or payment benefits are feeling the pressure. More and more regulators are watching. The question now becomes: how long will this continue?
After a five-year absence, the free BetBlocker application, designed to help users protect themselves against online gambling sites, is back on the Google Play Store . This reinstatement marks the end of a long-running technical dispute between the application’s developers and Google.
