Key Takeaways
- Players were assured that from Saturday, November 1—the day the new Licensing Act comes into effect—all play by players on the UK will be under UKGC license.
- To encourage UK players to upgrade their client, PokerStars will run exclusive UK-only freerolls during the opening week.
PokerStars emailed its customers Thursday to inform them that the delayed launch of PokerStars.co.uk, a new online poker platform under license from the UK Gambling Commission, would be pushed out to customers automatically next Monday, November 3, at 2pm GMT.
Players were assured that from Saturday, November 1—the day the new Licensing Act takes effect—all play by players on the UK will be under UKGC license. However, the website and platform may still mention the Isle of Man license until the Monday update.
