French Regulator Sets the Stage for Shared Online Poker Liquidity in 2018 French Regulator Sets the Stage for Shared Online Poker Liquidity in 2018
Key Takeaways
  • The necessary agreements between the regulatory authorities of Spain, Italy, France and Portugal should be signed this month, ARJEL has stated.
  • 2018 now seems like a favorite for the first European shared liquidity networks to go live.
  • Permitting operators to pool liquidity between segregated markets could be transformative to the online poker industry.

In its annual report, French online gaming regulator ARJEL signaled that concrete progress in the European shared liquidity project has been made, setting a clear timeline that should lead to the first operators combining their segregated liquidity pools next year.