Editorial team and test method

Pierre Gobert has worked the Belgian gambling beat since 2018 and works through every operator himself paying particular attention to land casinos. Lives and works in Namur.

How we test. we walk through registration ourselves, deposit via Bancontact, request payout and record the turnaround. Every operator goes past the Gaming Commission's white and black lists and dig through the general terms.

We are paid through affiliate links; the assessment is not altered by it. An operator without a Belgian licence is described as such, commission or not.

The Belgian legislator approaches player protection more strictly than most of its neighbours and it is built that way on purpose. Every licensed site applies a default deposit limit of €200 per week. Lowering it is immediate, adjusting upwards follows a check and a term.

The Gaming Commission keeps one central exclusion register in EPIS: a single request is enough to stay out everywhere at once. The request goes through the regulator itself. Casino, gaming hall and sports betting are 21-and-over since 1 September 2024; 18 still applies at the National Lottery alone. Age is verified at registration.