Further Setbacks for Portuguese Online Poker Confirmed
Key Takeaways
  • Proposed amendments to the new Portuguese online gaming laws that would allow for international shared liquidity in online poker have still not been submitted to the European Commission.
  • The lack of this requisite step, which would trigger a 90-day consideration period before it could be adopted into law, is a further setback for online poker operators who have self-excluded from the market as they patiently wait for licenses.
  • The process is already a year behind initial estimates.

Proposed amendments to the new Portuguese online gaming laws that would allow for international shared liquidity in online poker have still not been submitted to the European Commission.

The lack of this requisite step, which would trigger a 90-day consideration period before it could be adopted into law, is a further setback for online poker operators who have self-excluded from the market as they patiently wait for licenses. The process is already a year behind initial estimates.