Key Takeaways
- Latvia has added another 22 domain names to its blacklist, including domains owned by Betclic, Unibet and Coral.
- Last year Latvia began to issue state gambling licenses to a few operators, and as a result determined to help protect those license holders from offshore competition.
- The blacklist was started on August 1, and has been added to on a weekly basis so that it now totals 144—with most of the big names in online poker included.
Latvia has added another 22 domain names to its blacklist, including domains owned by Betclic, Unibet and Coral.
The blacklist was started on August 1, and has been added to on a weekly basis so that it now totals 144—with most of the big names in online poker included.
Latvia’s head regulator Signe Birne, Director of the Lotteries and Gambling Supervision Inspection (IUAUI) visited French regulator ARJEL in July, shortly before the introduction of the blacklist.
