Belgium files complaint against site
19 Sep 2007
BELGIUM -- As reported by Business Week: "Belgium's Gaming Commission took international gambling Web site Unibet.com to task Wednesday over allowing gamblers to try their luck and wager on when the country's political crisis might come to an end.
"The commission said it filed a complaint with the Brussels prosecutors office claiming Unibet's game of chance on when Belgium's deeply divided political leaders will form a new national government was illegal under national law.
"...Callu said that under Belgian law people are not allowed to wager on such events, with exceptions given to sports games or horse races..."