Belgian Court Upholds bwin.party BlacklistingGaming Commission Blacklist Challenge by bwin.party Fails |
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bwin.party has failed to get its name removed from the Belgian Gambling Commission’s blacklist of operators whose IP addresses must be blocked.
The Commission’s legal representatives ALTIUS issued a statement applauding the decision of the Court of First Instance in Brussels saying, “In a judgment delivered today, the President of the Court of First Instance of Brussels has denied a request by BwinParty, operator of the online gambling website www.bwin.com, to order the Belgian Gaming Commission to remove www.bwin.com from its blacklist and to unblock access to it. The President found that BwinParty’s request had no legal merit."
bwin.party is one of a number of blacklisted online poker operators which includes 888, William Hill, Titan Poker, Stan james and Betfair. PokerStars is one of the few sites which can operate legally in the country.
Philippe Vlaemminck, for ALTIUS added, “The Gaming Commission’s blacklist is an effective and legal means of informing the public that certain websites do not meet the legal requirements and are therefore illegal. This allows Belgian internet users to avoid these sites and thus the risk of criminal sanctions.”
“It is furthermore only normal that an online gambling operator that willfully chose to undertake illegal activities cannot expect protection from the Belgian courts. Had the court granted BwinParty’s request, it would have been astonishing and would have been a slippery slope leading to all sorts of abuses. Those who choose to operate outside the law cannot then claim its protection.”
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