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The new Belgian regulations that put unnecessary requirements on foreign gambling companies interested in entering the Belgian government are being called out by not only the foreign online casinos that are not able to obtain gambling licenses without first operating within the land industry, but also the European advocacy groups that monitor not only what the land and online casino sites are doing within the market but also how these internet gambling companies are being treated by international gambling regulations. The Remote Gambling Association and the European Gaming and Betting Association have announced that are specifically looking at the protectionist aspect to the Belgium laws and calling on the European Commission to address this blatantly anti-EU policy piece of Belgian regulation.

Belgian authorities have stood by their new regulatory policy as a safeguard that is in place only with the protection of the state gamblers in mind – a claim that is scoffed at by foreign online casinos and the two advocacy organizations. What’s really happening is that the Belgian officials have created a clear marketplace that gives priority to the gambling groups already established within Belgium and creates an impossibly hard regulatory barrier in place as a way to make it very difficult for the foreign online casino gambling groups to enter Belgium’s gambling market.

The advocacy organization has released an informed opinion on how the Belgian officials could better regulate the land and online casino gambling market if the integrity and safety of the internet gambling companies was the real concern – instead of forcing these companies to operate land based companies throughout Belgium the officials need to develop a comprehensive set of standards and requirements for gambling groups seeking Belgian licensing – a process that would be much more fair and equal for foreign operators.