Belgium Americans Seek Out Bookies This World Cup

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Jun/24/2018

Belgium Americans in particular will be seeking out bookies as their team is so far red hot in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.  For the US-based bookmakers, it is prudent to know where the largest concentration of Belgians live.  This is true of all nationalities during any World Cup tournament. 

  • Wisconsin: 57,808 (out of 5,363,675 = 1.08%)
  • Michigan: 53,135 (out of 9,938,444 = 0.53%)
  • Illinois: 34,208 (out of 12,419,293 = 0.28%)
  • California: 26,820
  • Minnesota: 15,627 (out of 4,919,479 = 0.32%)
  • Florida: 14,751
  • New York: 12,034
  • Indiana: 11,918
  • Texas: 10,595
  • Ohio: 9,651

Wisconsin has the United States's largest Belgian American settlement, located in portions of Brown, Kewaunee and Door counties adjacent to Green Bay.

Keep in mind that, when using a Pay Per Head provider, reports can be generated on specific player betting activity.  How many wagers are being placed on games or futures featuring the Belgian team. 

Another helpful tip: Know the common last names of those with Belgian ancestry.  A list of the top 100 appears below.  Keep in mind, it's not all-inclusive.

Belgium Flanders Wallonia
1 Peeters 33.113 1 Peeters 29.324 1 Dubois  
2 Janssens 30.996 2 Janssens 26.701 2 Lambert  
3 Maes 25.567 3 Maes 22.114 3 Martin  
4 Jacobs 20.096 4 Jacobs 17.105 4 Dupont  
5 Mertens 18.699 5 Willems 15.369 5 Dumont  
6 Willems 18.540 6 Mertens 15.253 6 Leclercq  
7 Claes 16.757 7 Claes 14.350 7 Simon  
8 Goossens 16.075 8 Wouters 14.070 8 Laurent  
9 Wouters 15.834 9 Goossens 13.677 9 Lejeune  
10 De Smet 14.251 10 De Smet 12.763 10 Renard  
11 Vermeulen 13.693 11 Vermeulen 12.100 11 Gérard  
12 Pauwels 13.527 12 Pauwels 11.861 12 Denis  
13 Dubois 13.152 13 Aerts 11.595 13 Leroy  
14 Hermans 12.726 14 Hermans 11.035 14 Charlier  
15 Aerts 12.712 15 Martens 9.907 15 Mathieu  
16 Michiels 12.115 16 De Vos 9.801 16 François  
17 Lambert 12.016 17 Michiels 9.599 17 Petit  
18 Martens 11.171 18 Claeys 9.315 18 Michel  
19 De Vos 11.024 19 De Clercq 9.178 19 Bertrand  
20 Smets 10.896 20 Smets 9.097 20 Lemaire  
21 Dupont 10.487 21 Van Damme 8.866 21 Noël  
22 Claeys 10.327 22 Hendrickx 8.681 22 Evrard  
23 De Clercq 10.293 23 Van de Velde 8.385 23 Fontaine  
24 Desmet 10.285 24 Desmet 8.107 24 Collard  
25 Hendrickx 10.098 25 De Backer 8.069 25 Bernard  
26 Van Damme 10.045 26 Segers 7.927 26 Marchal  
27 Stevens 9.521 27 Stevens 7.919 27 Thomas  
28 De Backer 9.387 28 Janssen 7.706 28 Thiry  
29 Janssen 9.345 29 Lemmens 7.482 29 Legrand  
30 Devos 9.316 30 Van den Broeck 7.438 30 Servais  
31 Martin 9.075 31 Coppens 7.158 31 André  
32 Van de Velde 8.995 32 De Cock 6.907 32 Robert  
33 Segers 8.980 33 Cools 6.856 33 Adam  
34 Lemmens 8.835 34 Devos 6.761 34 Bastin  
35 Coppens 8.679 35 Verhoeven 6.740 35 Henry  
36 Dumont 8.172 36 Smet 6.503 36 Léonard  
37 Wauters 7.877 37 De Smedt 6.295 37 Guillaume  
38 Leroy 7.849 38 Wauters 6.204 38 Moreau  
39 Van den Broeck 7.833 39 De Meyer 6.152 39 Gillet  
40 Leclercq 7.829 40 De Wilde 5.902 40 Delvaux  
41 Simon 7.738 41 Baert 5.868 41 Carlier  
42 De Cock 7.717 42 De Pauw 5.832 42 Lefebvre  
43 Verhoeven 7.489 43 Verheyen 5.794 43 Louis  
44 Cools 7.456 44 Verstraete 5.749 44 Antoine  
45 Laurent 7.441 45 Lauwers 5.735 45 Hubert  
46 François 7.333 46 De Ridder 5.556 46 Toussaint  
47 De Smedt 7.072 47 Geerts 5.434 47 Lebrun  
48 Declercq 7.043 48 Declercq 5.424 48 Jacques  
49 Smet 7.035 49 Lenaerts 5.411 49 Remy  
50 Denis 7.024 50 Thys 5.383 50 Cornet  
51 Thys 6.995 51 Lambrechts 5.365 51 Lecomte  
52 Renard 6.833 52 Verbeke 5.352 52 Goffin  
53 De Meyer 6.769 53 Cornelis 5.335 53 Grégoire  
54 Thomas 6.761 54 Wuyts 5.304 54 Collin  
55 Timmermans 6.736 55 Verlinden 5.303 55 Michaux  
56 Lejeune 6.623 56 Verschueren 5.265 56 Maréchal  
57 De Pauw 6.567 57 Moens 5.242 57 Meunier  
58 Baert 6.567 58 Bosmans 5.204 58 Janssens  
59 De Wilde 6.543 59 Bogaert 5.164 59 Rousseau  
60 De Ridder 6.510 60 Vandenberghe 5.138 60 Libert  
61 Lauwers 6.398 61 Vermeiren 5.110 61 Georges  
62 Lenaerts 6.384 62 Van Dyck 5.082 62 Schmitz  
63 Verstraete 6.365 63 Bogaerts 5.056 63 Poncelet  
64 Lambrechts 6.359 64 Timmermans 5.033 64 Gilson  
65 Gérard 6.292 65 Vermeersch 4.889 65 Roland  
66 Petit 6.241 66 Christiaens 4.863 66 Piette  
67 Vandenberghe 6.221 67 Bauwens 4.773 67 Bodart  
68 Verheyen 6.166 68 Verstraeten 4.727 68 Lacroix  
69 Mathieu 6.162 69 Heylen 4.724 69 Maes  
70 Lemaire 6.157 70 Pieters 4.681 70 Peeters  
71 Geerts 6.152 71 Van den Bossche 4.678 71 Willems  
72 Charlier 6.125 72 Thijs 4.609 72 Delhaye  
73 Cornelis 6.088 73 Van Hoof 4.580 73 Gilles  
74 Bogaert 6.087 74 Jansen 4.541 74 Descamps  
75 Bauwens 6.086 75 Goethals 4.529 75 Massart  
76 Moens 6.013 76 Lievens 4.511 76 Lefèvre  
77 Christiaens 6.001 77 Ceulemans 4.491 77 Collignon  
78 Verbeke 5.999 78 Dierckx 4.479 78 Mertens  
79 Bosmans 5.862 79 Claessens 4.429 79 Boulanger  
80 Verlinden 5.844 80 Simons 4.415 80 Etienne  
81 Verschueren 5.788 81 De Groote 4.411 81 Mahieu  
82 Wuyts 5.785 82 Verhaeghe 4.392 82 Urbain  
83 Bertrand 5.746 83 Vercammen 4.391 83 Delfosse  
84 Michel 5.741 84 Van Hecke 4.335 84 Dethier  
85 Bogaerts 5.637 85 Van Acker 4.307 85 Deprez  
86 Deprez 5.629 86 Nijs 4.298 86 Lecocq  
87 Vermeiren 5.617 87 Verhaegen 4.180 87 Pierre  
88 Fontaine 5.596 88 Vervoort 4.156 88 Jacquet  
89 Carlier 5.574 89 Roels 4.154 89 Pirotte  
90 Noël 5.527 90 De Coninck 4.147 90 Hardy  
91 Van Dyck 5.507 91 Verbruggen 4.142 91 Parmentier  
92 Verstraeten 5.457 92 Luyten 4.120 92 Brasseur  
93 Vermeersch 5.401 93 Raes 4.117 93 Piron  
94 Claessens 5.396 94 Verhelst 4.112 94 Nicolas  
95 Simons 5.328 95 Somers 4.034 95 Herman  
96 Jansen 5.289 96 De Winter 4.025 96 Masson  
97 Evrard 5.287 97 Verbeeck 4.019 97 Cuvelier  
98 Beckers 5.232 98 Daems 3.986 98 Devos  
99 Pieters 5.215 99 Matthys 3.959 99 Bodson  
100 Adam 5.204 100 De Bruyn 3.950 100 Pirard  

Of course, if Belgium does win the 2018 FIFA World Cup, your Belgian-American players are likely to get paid hansomely no matter what you do as the bookie.

The savvy bookmakers will encourage LIVE IN-PLAY WAGERING and casino play through email promotions.  This will simply serve to reduce any losses.

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com

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