persons for whom the request for collective debt settlement was declared admissible) An exclusion can be imposed on the basis of a court decision (e.g.partner) can submit a request for exclusion Players can have themselves placed in EPIS if they wish to be protected from themselves.

This is clearly a highly effective tool in the fight against gambling addiction. When entering a physical or virtual casino, a physical or virtual slot machine arcade, or a physical or virtual betting shop, the player's surname, first name and date of birth are compulsorily recorded in EPIS, in order to check whether the player can be allowed to play. Since 2004, the Gaming Commission (GC) has been managing the Excluded Persons Information System (EPIS), an electronic system that lists all excluded players. For betting (online and offline) the minimum age is 18. In Belgium, young people are denied access to casinos, slot machine arcades and betting shops to protect them.Ĭasinos (online and offline) and slot machine arcades (online and offline) are only accessible from the age of 21.

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