Online Poker in Spain 2012

Huge tax bills, retroactively applied to the last four years of operation, means some of the biggest poker rooms may not be granted licenses on June 1.

An official list of applicants will be published and licenses given out in just over three weeks time.

Another big online gaming brand is withdrawing from the Spanish market. The move comes in advance of pending legislation…

Bodog Europe, part of the Bodog Poker Network, is informing their Spanish customers that they can no longer use their…

Spanish gambling authority director denies reports that some license applicants have been pre-approved; meanwhile, the resignation of another director raises fresh scheduling concerns.

Licenses to operate online gaming in Spain will be granted in the first two weeks of April, according to a report today…

Poker rooms on the Microgaming Network are contacting Spanish customers to inform them that they can no longer play…

An extension has been granted that permits unlicensed poker rooms to continue to operate in Spain for up to six months…

As two of Europe’s countries prepare for online poker regulation, Denmark’s licensees are set for a January launch but confusion still surrounds Spain.

Full Tilt investor seeks a license to enter the Spanish online poker market that is set to open in January 2012.

First licenses could be issued by next week as poker sites jostle to capture their share of Europe’s newest regulated market.

iPoker skin closes down and players are migrated to PokerStars ahead of Spanish regulation in 2012 that will segregate the player pool.