July 7, 2017
French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese regulatory authorities met in Rome Thursday to formalize and sign an agreement on the sharing of online poker liquidity. The purpose of this agreement is to strengthen cooperation and exchange of information between authorities in order to allow for the sharing of liquidity between authorized online poker operators, combat the […]
June 30, 2017
After years of discussion among several European Union online poker regulators it appears an agreement on the key element of cross-border player pool sharing is imminent. According to French regulator ARJEL in an announcement Friday, regulators from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain are now ready to sign such an agreement, probably on July 6 in […]
June 15, 2016
The New York State Senate voted Tuesday to regulate and licence intrastate online poker, passing Sen. John Bonacic’s S. 5302 proposal on a 53 to 5 positive vote in an evening sitting. The bill allows the state’s 11 racetrack casinos to apply for 11 licenses to hold online poker games, and now moves to the […]
December 17, 2014
US online poker fans currently have an opportunity to voice their opinions on government regulation of the game through a University of Las Vegas study being supervised by Professor Bradley S. Wimmer of the university’s Lee Business School. The study is restricted to American players aged at least 21 years and takes the form of […]
December 10, 2014
The principality of Andorra, a tiny nation of 85,000 people wedged between France and Spain in some spectacularly beautiful mountain country, could be the next European regulator and licenser of online gambling. Andorran lawmakers are currently working on a comprehensive review of the country’s gambling legislation which specifically includes the regulation of online poker, and […]
September 12, 2014
Further information has come to light substantiating reports last week that an unidentified Russian organisation is making headway in persuading the Russian government to legalise and regulate online poker (see previous reports). According to the online poker information site Poker News Report the initiative has been underway since June this year, when Kakha Kakhiani, president […]