Source: Kansspelcommissie (Belgium)
Belgium’s Gaming Commission says a person who knowingly provides personal data to an excluded player to enable gambling commits a criminal offence under Article 4 §4 of the Gambling Act. The stated fine range is EUR 208 to EUR 576,000.
The warning sets out the criminal risk for people whose data could enable excluded players to gamble.
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