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Belgium Attempting Changes

The European online casino gambling market has been changing steadily over the past several years as the European Commission attempts to enforce universal rules on all of the EU member states. Belgium is one of the smaller EU countries, but the country packs quite a punch in the EU government in actuality. The Belgian government is currently in the process of creating new gambling regulations for the country that will regulate the online casinos and provide further protections for this growing market in Belgium. The tricky part of the whole situation though will be the keeping the regulations in line with the ever-changing requirements and expectations from the Commission.

Belgium has a long history with the gambling industry, and unlike several EU countries, Belgium is generally quite open to the various types of land and internet gambling – everything from sports betting to poker, lotteries and even the online casinos. Right now though, although the Belgium Gambling Commission has strict rules in place for land gambling and lotteries, the regulations are too old to also include the online casino side of the business. As the government develops these new regulations it will be key that the Belgian regulations steer clear of any sort of monopoly and allow outside foreign internet gambling sites access to the market.

The Belgian gambling industry will remain robust and the government is really looking to mostly make the changes necessary to protect Belgian problem and underage gamblers from exploitation from the online casinos and gambling companies.