The next year a Belgian international player (namely August Hellemans who played in the 1930 World Cup) was transferred at La Louvière.

In 2006 the club was one of the most frequently mentioned in a gambling scandal that rocked Belgian football.

It was alleged in the Belgian press that several players, board members and manager Gilbert Bodart had accepted large sums of money from Chinese businessman Zheyun Ye, who wanted to influence the results in matches so he could manufacture high profits in gambling.

At first the club strongly denied the allegations, but on 21 February 2006 Bodart resigned as manager.

His assistant, former La Louvière forward Frédéric Tilmant replaced him at the helm of the club but could not avoid RAAL finishing in last place in the division.

The club eventually seized the Evocation Commission which rejected the plaint of La Louvière on 15 June 2006.