Key Takeaways
- Ten new licenses join a trio of operators who were the first to receive licenses in June.
- Players on the sites “will remain part of the global ‘shared liquidity’ player pool and will be able to play poker against players from other countries around the world,” a press release from Amaya clarified.
- Betfair, Winner and Sportingbet are also listed.
- Bwin.party and William Hill are notably absent.
Major online poker brands, including Amaya’s PokerStars and Full Tilt, were among operators granted temporary licenses to operate online gambling in Romania.
In total ten new interim licenses where issued late last week, including one to 888, which announced its successful application on Friday.
The new licenses join a trio of operators who were the first to receive licenses in June.
The licenses give operators the temporary authority to offer online gambling to Romanian players while the companies continue with the process of acquiring the-full 10-year license.
