Portuguese Regulator Issues First Sports Betting License in a Year Portuguese Regulator Issues First Sports Betting License in a Year
CenterofPortugal.com, Fair use
Key Takeaways
  • It is only the seventh license issued, and the third for online sports betting, since the regulated igaming market opened over a year ago.
  • PokerStars went live with a segregated online poker room in November 2016 and has enjoyed a de facto monopoly in the market for more than half a year.
  • Curiously, in its bricks and mortar casino, Casino Figuiera offers slot machines, table games and poker but does not have a sportsbook.

The SRIJ, the Portuguese gaming regulator, has issued only the second online gaming license of 2017 and the first for online sports betting in almost a year.

Sociedade Figueira Praia, which owns Casino Figueira in Figueira da Foz, a mid-west coastal city in Portugal, has been granted a three-year license to offer real money sports betting online under the domain CasinoPortugal.pt.