Playtech’s iPoker Network exits Polish market

April 27, 2017

Playtech’s iPoker Network has advised its licensees that it will no longer support operations in Poland, adding to the growing exodus of online gambling companies discouraged by a restrictive regulatory regime that permits online casino and poker activity only through the Totalizator Sportowy monopoly and limited sports betting, and a punitively high tax rate of […]

Online poker legislation soon for Poland

April 12, 2016

The ongoing uncertainty regarding online poker legalisation in Poland (see previous reports) could soon be at an end, according to recent information posted by the legal specialist DLA Piper. The presently unregulated gene will be the subject of a new gaming bill scheduled for introduction by the end of April, a DLA Piper legal expert […]

Database to sue Polish government

January 20, 2015

In what is likely to be an unprecedented case, Global Poker Index, the owners of The Hendon Mob database, is reportedly about to litigate against the Polish government for its actions in using a bot to scour the database for information in contravention of site T&Cs. The action will be launched against Poland’s Ministry of […]