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BELGIUM
BETCLIC FACES CRIMINAL
SANCTIONS FROM
BELGIAN AUTHORITIES
sBetclic Everest Group could
be facing a €1.2m fine after the
Belgian Public Prosecution Office
(PPO) seized around €600,000
in connection to transactions
allegedly made to betclic.com.
The money was held after the
PPO received information from
a number of financial institutions
that Betclic had been in receipt of
payments from customers based
within the Belgian borders, but no
charges have been filed to date.
Betclic Everest Group expressed
its surprise at the allegations
and said it had no official
information from the Belgian
Authorities about the sanctions.
“Betclic Everest Group takes
this opportunity to state that
today, to its knowledge, all funds
and transactions related to
Belgian customers are processed
normally,” a spokesperson said.
GREECE
S PA I N
GTECH WINS OPAP ONLINE
SPORTS BETTING CONTRACT
s Greek gambling monopoly
NETHERLANDS
REVISED DRAFT OF NETHERLANDS EGAMING BILL SUBMITTED
s Operators with an eye on the Dutch egaming market got their
first look at the country’s latest egaming bill in March after
a revised draft was submitted to the European Commission.
While the vast majority of the proposals remain the same,
the update states that operators will no longer have to base
their servers in the Netherlands and highlights a number of
potential charitable obligations. It also confirmed there will
be no pre-launch period for incumbent operators, a move
local lotteries had pushed for, having claimed remote firms
would have an unfair advantage in the fight for market share.
W W W. E G R M A G A Z I N E . C O M
EUROPE
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EGAMING UPDATES BY COUNTRY
OPAP has selected GTECH as its
partner to launch an egaming
business, starting with an online
sports betting site.
The announcement follows a
closed tender process featuring
five companies, believed to
have included GTECH, Playtech,
Openbet and 888.
Despite recent rumours
that Playtech were set to be
awarded the contract, OPAP
confirmed GTECH’s selection
in a statement and added that
the partnership will “initially
be focused on online sports
betting”.
OPAP told eGR that launching
in time for this year’s FIFA
World Cup was “wishful
thinking”, but said it would
be up and running for next
season’s domestic football
competition at the latest.
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