Key Takeaways
- An exciting and for some, a traumatic week for the online poker industry. Mafia raids in Italy led to some regulated poker rooms being taken off line for several days, and three operators losing their Maltese gaming licenses.
- While the corporate competition for bwin.party takes the headlines, the company has entered the land-based gaming market in Italy—the first time in the company’s history that it has offered gambling in betting shops.
- Amaya published a statement of its expectations for earnings which includes formal notification of a plan to refinance the debt it incurred in buying the Rational Group.
An exciting and for some, a traumatic week for the online poker industry. Mafia raids in Italy led to some regulated poker rooms being taken off line for several days, and three operators losing their Maltese gaming licenses.
While the corporate competition for bwin.party takes the headlines, the company has entered the land-based gaming market in Italy—the first time in the company’s history that it has offered gambling in betting shops.
