European Shared Liquidity: Execution in 2018

New Spanish site and software released, while French client shows “French only” tables indicating there may be country-specific tables under shared player pool.

More than €11 million was paid out in PokerStars’ first ever SCOOP on the French-Spanish network.

ARJEL has approved bwin subsidiary SAS and French horse-racing operator PMU which combine to make up GVC’s French online poker network.

€10 million is guaranteed in the first ever SCOOP Europe which is more than double the combined schedules in Spain and France last year.

While neither operator is in Spain, iPoker may move ahead with a Spanish-French shared liquidity network following skins’ approvals.

Expected soon to join its players in Portugal with its French/Spanish player pool, PokerStars will remove table and seat selection from PokerStars.PT next week.

French operator prepares Spanish landing page as it awaits its Spanish authorization.

Cash game traffic at the network exceeds 2500 average concurrent players as the operator completes its inaugural tournament series on the shared liquidity network.

GVC’s partypoker is reportedly planning to enter all four European markets—requiring an upgrade in Spain, a shared liquidity license in France, authorization in Portugal and a possible brand relaunch in Italy.

Following a surprise SRIJ technical approval, cross-border shared liquidity on PokerStars.PT could be just days away.

Operator rushes to fill customer service positions for early February, suggesting an imminent launch.

Positive words break months-long silence from the Italian regulator over its position on European shared liquidity.