Editorial team and test method
Who writes, how we test and where the money comes from.
See the offerWho writes here
Elke Wouters has documented the Belgian market since 2014 and verifies every claim paying particular attention to the maths behind bonuses. Active from Leuven.
The site runs on affiliate income; what we write is independent of that fee. Whoever is not on the white list reads it here.
How we test. we walk through registration ourselves, stake money with Bancontact, file a withdrawal request and measure it through to the account. We check the operator against the Gaming Commission's white and black lists and compare the promise with the conditions. No claim without our own observation.
Player protection in numbers
Belgium regulates player protection more firmly than players tend to expect which feeds straight into your play limit. Every licence holder opens your account at €200 per week.
Through EPIS the Gaming Commission runs centralised exclusion: the exclusion applies instantly across the whole licensed landscape. The register is not public. The bar has stood at 21 since 1 September 2024, lottery aside; scratch cards and Lotto stay at 18. The check is automatic.
The hard numbers
- Type
- National Lottery game
- Oversight
- Belgian Gaming Commission
- Licence
- no Belgian licence
- Operator
- —
- Self-exclusion
- EPIS
- Tax on winnings
- none for the player
- Minimum age
- 18
- Deposit limit
- €200 per week (default)
Lotto BE versus a licensed Belgian site
- Belgian Gaming Commission oversight
- no
- EPIS self-exclusion
- no
- €200 weekly limit by default
- no
- Bancontact as a deposit method
- not always
- Complaint to the Belgian regulator
- no
- Winnings untaxed for the player
- yes