Jan 2012: Changes to Belgian online gambling laws.

[loltina]

Hello,
Time for belgian people to play casino and poker anywhere on the net! Just in the 3 casino that have been accepted by the " king" commission of belgian gambling!
Surprise ... one of this is Golden Palace .... I don't know if it is the same .... Second Casino770 Third Partouche ( famous terrestre casino group)

The goverment close all acces for other casino on january 2012 ;;;;
how I will live without 32 red .... Royal Vegas ... Inetbed ..????

Can someone have experience with one of this casino tell me know please.

Charlotte

[Simmo!]

If this is the case, I'd suggest the commission knows very little about online gambling. Perhaps Jetset has some news on this?

[chuchu59]

These 3 playtech-powered casinos are either rogue or bordering on the rogue. Methinks someone in high places benefits from this.

[retlaw]

Hello,
Time for belgian people to play casino and poker anywhere on the net! Just in the 3 casino that have been accepted by the " king" commission of belgian gambling!
Surprise ... one of this is Golden Palace .... I don't know if it is the same .... Second Casino770 Third Partouche ( famous terrestre casino group)

The goverment close all acces for other casino on january 2012 ;;;;
how I will live without 32 red .... Royal Vegas ... Inetbed ..????

Can someone have experience with one of this casino tell me know please.

Charlotte

Where did you read this information?

I guess we will need a government first, and this will not be their first priority (I may hope)

[jetset]

First I've heard of it - my last information was that the Belgians were going ahead with some pretty 'iffy' regulations in European Commission terms.

A limited number of online licenses restricted to Belgian companies that already have land gambling licenses, requirements for servers in-country etc.

There are only nine licensed casinos in Belgium, and these licenses have already been awarded for a (renewable) period of 15 years. In these circumstances, it would be difficult to say the least, for a foreign EU operator to obtain one of those licenses as a prerequisite for obtaining an online licence for casino games in Belgium.

I seem to recall that that triggered some interesting discussions as outsiders tried to set up partnerships with Belgian firms that would give them access to the market.

I could understand Partouche, but I don't believe I've heard about the once notorious Golden Palace being welcomed...perhaps the poster can provide us with a link for clarity?