Key Takeaways
- An in depth look at the impact of new Portuguese laws on online poker.
- Player fund protection, tax, player pool liquidity and compliance with EU regulation are all addressed by the new laws which will be implemented within six months.
In just under six months, Portugal’s new gaming laws will be implemented under the supervision of the Office of the Inspection of Games, part of the Portuguese Institute of Tourism.
The country has been considering the introduction of this legislation for over two years, and it has clearly benefited from some of the experience of its European neighbors in drawing up the final draft.
Nonetheless, the new regulatory regime is only partly online poker friendly.
