Key Takeaways
- Switzerland’s Parliament has voted in favor of internet blocking of offshore online gambling companies.
- The odds that Pennsylvania will pass online gaming legislation this year took a turn for the worse last week as Parx Casino joined the Sheldon Adelson-backed Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) to paint a disastrous picture of a future with legalized online gaming.
- The Colombian Gaming Board wants to block 300 unlicensed online gambling sites.
Europe
The newly appointed head of the Spanish gaming authority was rather cagey when asked about shared liquidity for online poker with other European countries, noting that the mid-2017 timeline was “sufficiently ambitious.” The outgoing president Carlos Hernandez was also skeptical of the long-term benefits of shared liquidity.
