Belgium Online Gambling GGR Rises 5.41% As Retail Revenue Falls 7.17%

The licensed gambling market in Belgium generated €1.62 billion in gross gaming revenue during 2025, almost unchanged from the previous year. Growth online offset weaker land based results, leaving digital gambling with 59.51% of total regulated GGR.

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Good to Know

• Online gambling GGR rose 5.41% to €964.5 million.
• Land based GGR fell 7.17% to €656.1 million.
• Online casino revenue climbed 12.99% to €554.1 million.

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Online Casino Drives Belgium Gambling Revenue

Total Belgium gambling GGR fell only 0.07% in 2025, but the channel mix changed considerably.

Online casino licence holders generated €554.1 million, up 12.99%, and accounted for 58% of all digital gambling revenue. Online betting also increased, rising 5.18% to €244.6 million.

Players wagered €2.75 billion online during the year, with operators returning 91.11% through winnings.

Arcade operators had a weaker year online. Revenue fell 13.66% to €165.8 million, extending the decline into a second year.

Sports betting increasingly takes place online as well. Digital betting represented 66.5% of total betting GGR, compared with 23.75% from betting shops and 9.64% from newsagents.

Retail gambling headed in the opposite direction. Land based GGR dropped to €656.1 million.

Casinos provided the exception, with venue GGR increasing 5.85% to €152.3 million. Arcade revenue declined 4.17% to €184.7 million, while betting locations fell 6.60% to €123 million.

Cafés recorded the largest drop. GGR fell 17.77% to €196 million, although the channel still produced 30% of all land based gambling revenue.

Fewer Players Register As Daily Online Use Rises

The number of new customers joining a licensed online gambling operator fell 43.1% to 110,032.

Belgium raised the minimum gambling age from 18 to 21 in September 2024, which the regulator said partly affected the comparison.

At the same time, average daily online players increased 3% to 160,144. A total of 528,706 people gambled online at least once during 2025, down from 602,288 in 2024.

Daily visits to physical gambling venues also dropped, from 36,470 to 27,532.

Self exclusion activity increased alongside those changes. Belgium recorded 66,998 voluntary exclusions at the end of 2025, compared with 56,458 one year earlier.

Operators must check players against the EPIS exclusion database before allowing access. The system blocked 715,373 attempted visits during 2025, including 690,074 online.

BAGO Raises Unlicensed Gambling Concerns

BAGO, which represents five licensed operators, linked the market data with concern about unlicensed gambling.

A KSC survey involving 1,000 people aged 18 to 30 found 28% had used an unlicensed gambling site, while 53% had gambled recently.

BAGO said:

“The fact that 28% of respondents aged 18 to 30 state they have already played on an illegal gambling site is an alarm signal that cannot be ignored. The far-reaching restrictions imposed on licensed operators render legal and regulated gaming alternatives invisible, while the illegal and clandestine circuit continues its aggressive marketing efforts to attract players.”

BAGO called for stronger enforcement against unlicensed operators and financial channels connected with them. The association also backed KSC chair Magali Clavie in seeking more resources for the regulator.

Clavie said the KSC asked Meta to remove more than 8,500 advertisements that used names, logos or visual material connected with licensed Belgium gambling operators.

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