Belgium didn’t grant unfair state aid to Ladbrokes, EU investigation finds

The European Commission has announced that, after a thorough investigation, it found that Belgium didn’t give any unfair state aid to Ladbrokes for running virtual betting.

In September 2020, after getting a complaint from some companies in the gambling sector, the Commission launched a deeper investigation. They wanted to check whether the Belgian Gaming Commission had unfairly given Belgium-based Ladbrokes exclusive rights to run virtual betting, which could have gone against EU State aid rules.

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