The games started airing as from 2004. In Flanders the main TV channels already banned the games between 2008 and 2010, except
vtm and
2BE who stopped in 2011. In
Wallonia the games are still broadcast.
The Belgian cabaret
Neveneffecten had a TV-show
Basta in January 2011 on channel
Eén. In their second episode, Basta could prove these games were a fraud. Neveneffecten found a job posting as host for such games and they asked
Maxime De Winne to apply for the job and to go undercover. De Winne got the job and was a host for about 4 months and used hidden cameras to record conversations with the management. Neveneffecten also hired a math expert:
Gaeten de Weert. After some months, De Weert was able to solve every math puzzle, but noticed the answer of the puzzle is incorrect in 16% of the cases due to miscalculation of the producers. De Weert called the studio during a live game and was able to give the correct answer. He also said the show was a fraud and he was going to publish the solution key on the Internet, which he actually did. The episode was aired on 17 January 2011, vtm and 2BE decided to stop the games as from 20 January 2011.[10][11]
The broadcast did not have effect in
Wallonia although De Weert was also able to break the solution keys of the call games on these channels in August 2013.[12] The games are no more aired since March 2014.[13]
Till 2011, Sat.1, ProSieben and kabeleins had quick Quiz Shows, called "Quiz Breaks" or "Quiz Time". These Shows only lasted few minutes and interrupted TV-sitcoms like "Scrubs" in the morning to get viewers to call the phone numbers.
Shortly after adoption of the
Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (broadcast treaty) in September 2008, which allows the regulators to impose fines to the channels in case of irregularity, several channels announced the end of phone-in quizzes.
צלצול הכסף (Tsil-tsul Ha-ke-sef) (March 2008 - December 2008) (Channel 22 (Reshet))
לילה לבן (Lai-la La-van) (2009-2010) (Channel 22 (Reshet))
Moon Time [
he] (July 2013 - February 2014) (Channel 10)
Netherlands
In the Netherlands, call-in quizzes were officially banned by law after losing all network support in November 2007. These programs were cancelled in the Flemish part of Belgium as from January 2011.
De Neveneffecten revealed in their television show "Basta" fraud on large scale.[citation needed] The games are still aired in the Wallon part of Belgium.
Arpastudio - Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (June 9 2023 - September 9 2023) ; Friday-Sunday 20:00-22:00
ARPA.FI - MTV3-MTV SUB (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (October 9 2023 - present)
Voittovisa - Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (January 5 2024 - January 7 2024) ; Friday-Sunday 21:00-23:00
Arpastudio - Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (January 12 2024 - January 21 2024) ; Friday-Sunday 21:00-23:00; cancelled
Voittovisa - Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (March 9 2024 - March 23 2024) ; Saturday-Sunday 19:00-20:30
Estonia
Mängi ja Võida - Kanal 2 / Kanal 11 (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (June 2019-August 2019); cancelled
Greece
Quiz make-r - MakedoniaTV - Show banned and fined for misleading the public (produced by Telemedia InteracTV) - canceled 2014
ΕΙΣΑΙ Ο ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ - Art TV - Show banned and fined for misleading the public (produced by Telemedia InteracTV) - canceled 2014
ΒΡΕΣ ΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΚΕΡΔΙΣΕ! - Art TV - Show banned and fined for misleading the public (produced by Teledia InteracTV) - canceled 2014
Super game - Ant1 - Show banned and fined for misleading the public (produced by Telemedia InteracTV) - canceled 2014
Serbia
Lovac na novac - PINK (Telemedia InteracTV game show), Monday - Friday 09:05- 10:05, (May 2008 - April 2009); canceled
Usijanje - FOX (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (2008) Monday - Friday 11:05-11:55; canceled
Srećni poziv - b92 (Telemedia InteracTV game show), (February 2009 - May 2009); canceled
Najbrži igrač Srbije - Pink (Telemedia InteracTV game show), Monday - Sunday 12:02-12:50, (July 2013 - January 2014); canceled
Kviz - Pink Plus (Telemedia InteracTV game show), Monday - Friday 14:00- 15:00, (August 2013); canceled
Happy poziv - Happy (Telemedia InteracTV game show), Monday - Sunday 08:00-09:30, (September 2013 - October 2013); canceled
Vasa sansa - Super SAT TV / NTV Jasmin / TV Duga Plus (SMS VOICE PREMIUM SOLUTION game show) (November 2020 – February 2021), Monday-Sunday 17:00-19:00; canceled
North Macedonia
Brzi pari - Kanal 5 (Interactive Media Services Production game show), Monday - Friday 14:55-16:00 / Saturday 11:00-12:00; (July 2007 - January 2009); canceled
Ako znaes - Sitel (Capitol Media Group Production game show), Monday - Friday 12:30-14:00, (March 2008 - November 2008) (with breaks); canceled
Zlatna treska - Sitel (Capitol Media Group Production game show), Monday - Friday 19:50-20:00 / Sunday 19:10-19:30, (June 2008 - August 2008); canceled
Alo, alo... - Alfa (Capitol Media Group Production game show) Monday-Friday 11:00-12:00 (December 2008-July 2011) (with breaks) / Sky Net Monday-Sunday 17:00-18:45 (October 2010-December 2010); canceled
Trezor - A1 / A2 (Interactive Media Services Production game show), Monday - Friday 00:00-01:15 / 17:00-18:00 (November 2008-July 2009); canceled
Srekna zvezda - Kanal 5 (Capitol Media Group Production game show), Monday-Friday 14:30-15:30 / Saturday 11:00-12:00, (March 2009 - August 2011); canceled
Kërko de fito / Baraj i pobedi - Alsat M / Era (Capitol Media Group Production game show), (May 2009 - October 2009) (with breaks); canceled
Ostrovot na bogatstvoto - A1 (Interactive Media Services Group Production game show), Monday - Saturday; (June 2009 - March 2010) (with breaks); canceled
Golemiot kes - Kanal 5 (Capitol Media Group Production game show); Monday-Saturday 00:20-01:15, (October 2009 - April 2010); canceled
Arkë / Trezor - Alsat M (Interactive Media Services Production game show); Monday-Friday 23:00-00:00, (October 2009 - February 2010); canceled
Nëse di di / Ako znaes - Alsat M (Interactive Media Services Production game show); Saturday-Sunday 17:00-18:00, (October 2009 - February 2010); canceled
Super zdelka - Kanal 5 (Interactive Media Services Production game show), (November 2009) Monday - Friday 12:00-13:00; canceled
Fërma e jone / Nasata farma - Alsat M (Interactive Media Services Production game show), (May 2010 - June 2010); canceled
Veselata farma - AB kanal (Interactive Media Services Production game show), (December 2010 - February 2011); canceled
Slovenia
Srečna linija - KANAL A (Telemedia InteracTV game show), canceled
Fantastični klic - KANAL A (Telemedia InteracTV game show), canceled
Pokliči in zadeni - PIKA TV (Telemedia InteracTV game show), canceled
Evromanija - KANAL A (Telemedia InteracTV game show), canceled
Zavrtite Uganite - TV3 Medias
Odpelji Škodo - GOLICA TV
Pokliči in zmagaj - PopBrio (Telemedia InteracTV game show), March 2014
Srečni klic - KANAL A (Telemedia InteracTV) - July 2014