Belgium

News & Analysis

Twitch Draws Fire For Gambling Streams Accessible To Youth

Access to gambling streaming by underage viewers on Twitch is becoming more controversial, as countries such as Germany and Norway complain that streaming gambling violates their laws.

Belgium Sets New Weekly Deposit Limit

A Belgian royal decree has set a new €200-a-week deposit cap for online gambling accounts, with regulator and bank checks needed for players to lift the limit.

Duty Of Care, Stake Limits Among Belgian Regulator's Blueprint For Change

Belgian gambling regulators have given the government a blueprint to improve the country’s gambling regulation, including limits on player deposits and stakes.

Belgium To Severely Restrict Gambling Ads

Belgium’s justice minister has said he is “done with gambling advertising”, as the country notifies the European Commission of its draft royal decree to severely restrict gambling advertising.

Belgian Gambling Regulator Backs More Ad Restrictions

The Belgium Gaming Commission has published its views on gambling advertising, revealing support for more restrictions and for its enforcement powers to be expanded.

Research & Reports

Market Insight: European Online Gambling

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 32 European online gambling markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, sector themes and key market developments bringing stakeholders opportunities, challenges, tailwinds and headwinds.

Interactive Map: Gambling Advertising Across Europe

Advertising is one of the most hotly discussed topics in the European gambling industry. In this map, VIXIO GamblingCompliance shows the current situation regarding gambling advertising in all jurisdictions. The map highlights the differences among the countries that allow, partially prohibit or forbid gambling advertising.

Market Insight: European Lotteries

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 30 European lottery markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, of sector themes and key jurisdictional and lottery-level developments including growth trends by game category and channel shift towards online sales.

Gambling Advertising in Europe - What's on the Horizon for 2021?

Under several themed headings, this report considers some of Europe’s key recent and expected gambling advertising developments.

EU Online Gambling Outlook 2020

Despite the fact that EU countries are generally some of the most mature markets when it comes to regulating online gambling, a few have yet to issue any licences. In Germany, the latest amendments to the gambling regulatory framework entered into force at the beginning of 2020, allowing for an unlimited number of online sports-betting licences to be issued straightaway.

Data & Forecasts

Market Monitor: European Online Gambling

This quarterly report contains a comprehensive overview of available data on the €25bn+ European online gambling sector. Jurisdictional market size figures and year-on-year growth rates are supplemented by an interactive dashboard and standardised, comparable data on betting-gaming splits and online penetration rates.

Kindred Group Report - 2004 to 2022Q3

Latest quarterly data from Swedish-listed Kindred Group. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Gross winnings revenue (GWR), gross profit, profit from operations, betting duties, a geographical & segmental breakdown of GWR, sports betting KPIs and number of active & registered customers. There are approximately 2,920 data points in this document.

Rank Group Report - FY1998 to FY2022

Latest half-yearly data from UK-listed Rank Group. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Group income and revenue, operating profit & key performance indicators by subsidiary. There are approximately 1,390 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: European Land-Based Gaming

This report aggregates available, sourced data on regulated land-based gaming markets across Europe, split between casinos and non-casino gaming venues. Market size and annual growth comparisons across 28 reporting European countries can also be visualised via an interactive dashboard.

Belgium - Annual Gaming Commission Report - 2004 to 2020

Latest Annual Report data from the Belgian Gaming Commission. The data released for the country contains the following information: Gross gaming revenue from online gambling, casinos, arcades and terrestrial sports betting, gaming manufacturer & supplier revenue and gross gaming revenue by casino. There are approximately 890 data points in this document.