Spain publishes complexities of online poker liquidity deal

[The Buzz]

Amid the announcement that PokerStars became the first poker room to share player pools in Spain and France, a resolution that had been signed by a Spain regulator last month, has now been published in the Official State Gazette of the country.

According to the resolution, the state now authorizes the sharing of online poker liquidity among all licensed casino operators in countries including Portugal, France, Spain, and Italy.

From CardsChat.com

Once of the main points noted in the announcement is the fact operators must have systems in place to collect, monitor, and store player data in a secure way. Unlike the UK, where players can move freely between international sites, Spaniards will only be able to compete against opponents in four countries, including its own.

Keeping tabs on this will be one of the main concerns for Spain’s DGOJ, as well as regulators in France, Italy, and Portugal.

So far, only France has completed the necessary moves to sync up with Spain. In a notice published on January 2, Autorité de Régulation des Jeux En Ligne (ARJEL) President Charles Coppolani said that new games could, potentially, go live by February.

“On July 6 in Rome, the President of the ARJEL, Charles Coppolani, signed with his Spanish, Italian and Portuguese counterparts a poker sharing agreement. Six months later, Spain and France are able to announce that Franco-Spanish poker tables will be offered to players from both countries in the next few weeks,” read the January 2 notice.

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This is an interesting development and I wonder how many feel how this may affect things moving forward.

Do many have a more positive outlook about the future in the affected countries, or do you feel that since the various government authorities are involved they will mess it up somehow?

Rick
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