Spanish Supreme Court rules against PokerStars

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According to the Expansion.com news website in Spain, the country's Supreme Court has ruled that PokerStars was operating illegally in the country following a complaint from rival gaming operator Codere. The court partially upheld a lawsuit filed in 2011 by several Codere companies against PokerStars for unfair competition.

The initial complaint was filed before PokerStars was given a licence in Spain, with a Madrid court ruling in Codere’s favour in 2012. However, another court found that PokerStars was not operating illegally as it had sought authorisation to operate

The Supreme Court this week noted that online gambling, and specifically the poker game offered on the defendants' website, “was not a legal activity in Spain”.

It ruled that PokerStars’ Spanish-language website was intended for the Spanish public, but "lacked the authorisation required for the activity of gambling and was not a service legally marketed in Spain."

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They will be happy, the Spanish poker players. Pffffffff