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Belgian Gaming Commission explains player-account separation under 2024 law

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Source: Kansspelcommissie (Belgium)

Belgium’s Gaming Commission set out how it will apply the 18 February 2024 law requiring online gambling to be separated by supplementary licence class. The law bars operators from using one player account across different licence classes and from transferring transactions between accounts. The Commission’s guidance recommends that players choose a new account type when converting existing accounts, while retaining access to withdrawals from an unconverted account.

Operators must account for separate player accounts and game access across supplementary licence classes.

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Brazilian Congress president extends betting ban measure by 60 days

Brazil’s Congress president, Davi Alcolumbre, extended the provisional measure prohibiting fixed-odds betting for a further 60 days, with the decision published on 11 November. The extension gives lawmakers until February to consider the measure, which would end betting authorisations, block websites and apps, and return user balances; the government estimates the ban would reduce revenue by BRL12bn.

Brazil’s provisional ban on fixed-odds betting has been extended by another 60 days by Congress president Davi Alcolumbre. The decision appeared in the federal official gazette on Wednesday 11.

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