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Could Segregated Online Poker Markets Join the International Player Pool Soon?
- Updated: September 16, 2016
A potentially monumental meeting took place in Paris Sept. 12-14 when gaming regulators from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom met to discuss common concerns, including shared poker liquidity.
A brief press release by the French gaming regulator Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) said it this way: “[The] informal talks held on this occasion namely related to standardization, anti-money laundering and anti-financing terrorism, sport betting risk analysis, poker shared liquidities and responsible gambling.”
Almost all of the regulators from the group were from countries that prohibited fully shared liquidity with the United Kingdom being the sole exception. Joss Wood mentioned in a recap of the meeting on Online Poker Report that it is now “largely accepted” that less poker taxes are collected in segregated markets. He points out that the crux of this issue is that players are offered a more expensive product with less liquidity, which then leads players to potentially explore options from unlicensed operators offering gray market …
