French-Spanish Online Poker Tables Coming "in the Next Few Weeks" French-Spanish Online Poker Tables Coming "in the Next Few Weeks"
Key Takeaways
  • Spain’s new resolution will come into force once published in the official State Gazette, expected this month.
  • Political and procedural realities in Spain and Portugal have forced regulators and operators to accept and multi-step process.
  • France, which opened its application process five months ago and has issued its first authorization, and Spain, also quick to develop its technical standards, are ready to go live this month.

The first online poker operators licensed in the regulated markets of Spain and France will begin sharing liquidity across the border in the coming weeks, the French and Spanish regulators have announced.

A brief statement from ARJEL this week follows efforts of its Spanish counterpart over Christmas to move forward with shared liquidity licensing.