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article Belgian Casino Adds New Titles After Deal with IGT
(1/24/2013)
(Belgium) -- All of IGT’s well loved online titles are going to appear on Casino777. Nevada-based gaming machine manufacturer, as well as online and mobile casino...
1 Article on this Issue

bwin.party

article Party Poker Reaches Deal, Now Legal In Belgium
(12/16/2012)
(Belgium) -- Online poker players in Belgium heard good news on Friday as Bwin.com announced a partnership with Belcasinos, giving Bwin.com-owned Party Poker access once...
article Bwin.party Online Gambling Clears Legal Hurdle in Belgium
(12/15/2012)
(Belgium) -- The recent episode in Belgium concerning bwin.party digital entertainment’s CEO Norbert Teufelberger’s arrest for questioning has prompted the...
article Bwin.party deal clears Belgian bets
(12/14/2012)
(Belgium) -- Bwin.party headed off possible criminal charges in Belgium against its chief executive by cutting a deal with a licensed land-based casino operator that...
article bwin.party in alliance with Belcasinos
(12/13/2012)
(Belgium) -- bwin.party has entered into an agreement with Belcasinos - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Groupe Partouche, the largest owner of land-based casinos in Belgium.
article Bwin.party Joins Hands With Belcasinos To Offer Online Gaming In Belgium
(12/13/2012)
(Belgium) -- bwin.party digital entertainment plc (BPTY.L) Friday announced the inking of a deal with the largest owner of land-based casinos in Belgium, Groupe...
article Online gambling groups protest at Brussels
(11/19/2012)
(Belgium) -- Leaders of online gambling groups are accusing the Belgian authorities of trying to intimidate them by detaining the co-chief executive of Bwin.party and...
article Bwin.party co-CEO Norbert Teufelberger Detained In Belgium
(11/14/2012)
(Belgium) -- Norbert Teufelberger, the co-CEO of online gambling giant bwin.party, was detained in Brussels on Tuesday while attending the Responsible Gaming Day...
article bwin.party: We “Always Acted in Compliance” with Belgian Law
(11/14/2012)
(Belgium) -- The detainment and release of bwin.party co-CEO Norbert Teufelberger by Belgian authorities continues to highlight the conflicts between European Union...
article Belgian Authorities Detain bwin.party co-CEO Norbert Teufelberger
(11/13/2012)
(Belgium) -- Norbert Teufelberger, co-CEO of bwin.party and EGBA Chairman, was detained today by the Belgian authorities at the Responsible Gaming Day conference in...
article Bwin.Party CEO Taken Into Custody In Brussels
(11/13/2012)
(Belgium) -- Bwin.Party co-chief executive Norbert Teufelberger was taken into custody by Belgian police today after speaking at a conference in Brussels.
article Bwin.party co-CEO questioned by Belgian authorities
(11/13/2012)
(Belgium) -- The joint chief executive of online gaming group bwin.party was being questioned by the Belgian authorities on Tuesday in an escalating dispute over the...
article Bwin.Party’s Teufelberger Released, May Face Criminal Charges, Says Regulator [sub req'd]
(11/13/2012)
(Belgium) -- Norbert Teufelberger, co-chief executive of Bwin.Party, was released by Belgian police last night but could still face criminal charges, according to the...
article Co-CEO Of Nevada Online Poker Applicant Questioned By Belgian Authorities
(11/13/2012)
(Belgium) -- Norbert Teufelberger, co-CEO of Nevada online poker applicant Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, was questioned by authorities in Belgium on Tuesday.
13 Total Articles on this Issue

Europe Online

article 888 And Playtech Among Those Targeted On First Belgian Blacklist [sub req'd]
(2/10/2012)
(Belgium) -- Belgium’s gambling watchdog will send off a blacklist of 10 illegal sites, including well-known offerings from 888 and Playtech, to local banks and...
1 Article on this Issue

Online Gaming

article PokerStars Granted Full Operating License in Belgium
(2/8/2012)
(Belgium) -- On Wednesday, online casino operator Circus Groupe, and PokerStars.com announced that www.pokerstars.be has become one of the first online poker sites in...
1 Article on this Issue

Other News

article Online gambling faces closer EU scrutiny
(2/3/2013)
(Belgium) -- Online gambling will for the first time fall within the EU’s anti-money laundering restrictions under a Brussels proposal to stiffen sanctions and...
article LETTER: Belgium must obey EU law on online gambling
(11/18/2012)
(Belgium) -- Sir, We write with reference to “EU must act over protectionist rules” (Lombard, FT.com, November 13). The events that took place last Tuesday...
article Action Plan For Online Gambling Due From European Commission
(10/21/2012)
(Belgium) -- The European Union has been dealing with the issue of legal online gambling for a long time now with a unified framework for online gambling regulations...
article Brussels set to announce online gaming action plan
(10/21/2012)
(Belgium) -- Touching on a sensitive issue close to the heart of Malta’s new economy, the European Commission is set to unveil its action plan for the online...
article Over 18,000 Belgian Gamblers Seek to Be Banned from Casinos
(7/15/2012)
(Belgium) -- More than 14,000 Belgian gambling addicts have filed an official request to ban them from visiting casinos and gaming centers, the country’s gambling...
article Amazon Tribe Gives Clues to Heart-Healthy Lifestyles
(5/27/2012)
(Belgium) -- Investigating indigenous Amazonian or African peoples who still follow a hunter-gatherer or forager-horticulturist lifestyle is giving new insights into how...
article Malta Gambling Regulator Signs MoU With ESSA
(4/23/2012)
(Belgium) -- The Brussels-based European Sports Security Association (ESSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malta's gambling regulator body, the...
article Belgian Media Owe Millions In Unpaid Gambling Tax
(4/23/2012)
(Belgium) -- Belgium’s special inspectorate for taxation (l’Inspection spéciale des impôts) has recently demanded tens of millions of euros from the Belgian...
article Circus Groupe and PokerStars Awarded First A+ Online Poker License in Belgium
(2/9/2012)
(Belgium) -- Circus Groupe and PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, today announced that www.pokerstars.be has become one of the first online poker...
article Belgium Looks For Early Online Gambling Launch In 2012
(1/10/2012)
(Belgium) -- Backed up by a new government, the Belgian gambling regulator plans to issue online casino, gaming and betting licences by March as it looks to atone for...
article Belgium Approves Three Online Poker Rooms, Blocks Unauthorized Domains
(1/3/2012)
(Belgium) -- According to several reports released today the Belgium Gaming Commission has named three online poker sites allowing poker players to wager real money. But...
article State aid: Commission clears Danish online gambling duties
(9/25/2011)
(Belgium) -- After an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has concluded that a law liberalising gambling in Denmark and at the same time creating lower taxes...
article EU regulators approve Danish online gaming taxes
(9/20/2011)
(Belgium) -- European Union regulators have approved Danish online gambling duties as part of a law liberalising gambling, the European Commission said on Tuesday, in a...
article Online gamblers hopeful Germany may relax rules
(7/19/2011)
(Belgium) -- Germany may have to relax its draft gambling law to give online gaming firms more scope to operate following criticism from Britain and Malta and rulings by...
article MEPs calls for possible EU laws on gambling industry
(4/14/2011)
(Belgium) -- Two senior MEPs have called for stricter monitoring of the gaming industry in Europe. Their call comes in the wake of the recent adoption of the commission...
article PartyGaming And Full Tilt Given The Boot In Belgium [sub' req']
(3/9/2011)
(Belgium) -- PartyGamingPortfolio info about PartyGaming and Full Tilt Poker are amongst a number of companies being asked to leave the fledging online market in Belgium...
article Barnier announces regulation rethink
(10/13/2010)
(Belgium) -- Following a conference organised by the Belgian EU Presidency, in cooperation with the European Commission and the Belgian Gaming Commission, on 12 October...
article Casino and player clash over 7 million euros / Casino officials say the man won an amount much lower than what he claims.
(9/23/2010)
(Belgium) -- The Namur Casino, in eastern Belgium, and a player are clashing over a seven million euros prize on a gambling machine, the client will now be taking the...
article Casino and player clash over 7 million euros / Casino officials say the man won an amount much lower than what he claims.
(9/23/2010)
(Belgium) -- The Namur Casino, in eastern Belgium, and a player are clashing over a seven million euros prize on a gambling machine, the client will now be taking the...
article EU Ministers agree on definition of illegal gambling
(5/28/2010)
(Belgium) -- The call by the Spanish EU Presidency earlier this week for member nations to come together and frame a common definition for ‘illegal gambling’ has been...

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