The Dutch magazine Nederlands Dagblad interviewed 46-year-old Mathijs Ummels from Berg en Terblijt about how he developed a gambling addiction with a huge loss of 600.000 euros.
On Monday 8 July, Flutter Entertainment confirmed that there has been a data leak at gambling sites Paddy Power and Betfair. In the process, players’ personal data was captured.
There was already a lot of fuss about viewing the gambling data at Unibet. For example, in April of last year, a player took steps to gain access to this transaction history, but at Unibet they hid behind the European privacy data and the Maltese regulations.
Ireland’s Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), supported by the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI), has conducted a groundbreaking study. It is based on a random online experiment involving 622 men under the age of 40, all regular punters. The aim? Observing the impact of incentives (free bets, money-back guarantees) on real gambling behaviour, highlighted by the intense atmosphere of European football matches.
On 3 July 2025, the Swedish Gaming Authority (Spelinspektionen) struck a blow: it ordered WinBet NV, operating under the trade name Superb.bet, to immediately cease all activity aimed at the Swedish market. This decision comes after the authority determined that WinBet, despite its Greek licence, was offering its services in Swedish krona and Swedish – a direct violation of the law.
On 1 July, the premises of the National Gaming Authority (ANJ) in Paris were the scene of a rare but highly significant diplomatic meeting. A Japanese delegation, made up of members of the Japanese government and researchers from WIP Japan Corp. travelled to France for a series of in-depth discussions on the regulation of gambling and the prevention of excessive gambling.
Since its launch, Circus Daily has presented itself as an independent sports media dedicated to football, cycling and, more broadly, Belgian sports. However, barely a few months after it went online, the Council for Journalistic Ethics (CDJ) asked for clarification, thereby striking at the main mission of this new medium: to inform, or to promote a gambling operator?
On 1 July 2025, the Swedish Supreme Court handed down a major ruling: Betsson, via its Maltese subsidiary BML Group, must reimburse €527,395 to a player suffering from gambling addiction. A significant decision, which puts the responsibility of online operators in a new light.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
