Key Takeaways
- Proposed amendments to the Gambling Act in Poland include allowing online poker.
- First quarter revenue figures from the Spanish online gaming regulator show poker is the only online gambling vertical to decline.
- The French online poker market actually grew last quarter, thanks to an increase in online poker tournaments entries.
- The Dutch regulator surprised the igaming industry with a planned crackdown on mobile apps.
Poland
Amendments to the existing Gambling Act in Poland were expected to be presented by the end of April by the controlling Law and Justice political party; this date came and went and nothing yet has been introduced.
However, Jarosław Gowin, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and representing the Polish Together party, held a press conference last weekend where he outlined his plans to introduce such an amendment, stressing that he expects support across the bench to liberalize online gambling laws.
