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Not challenging the indictment and a willingness to accept responsibility for his actions prompts the DOJ to stand up for former Absolute Poker vice president.

PokerStars has moved players from the Netherlands on to their dot.EU poker room, according to multiple player reports…

Danish gaming authority SKAT has signed Memoranda of Understanding with five other regulatory authorities. The MOUs…

The list of sites prohibited to offer online gaming in Belgium has been expanded this week to include some of the more…

Swedish and Finnish PokerStars players have a new place to call home.

Swedish and Finnish players will be able to play tax free on PokerStars.eu from next week.

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.

The RGA and EGBA call Greek law “protectionist” and non-compliant with EU law.

The UK rejects EU-wide blanket regulation, while Denmark and Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein make progress ahead of their January 2012 deadlines.

Cakepoker.com now redirects players to cakepoker.eu

Customers will be able to request withdrawals through the website, but only to bank accounts in Euros.

As most of Europe moves towards regulation of online poker, Poland moves towards prohibition.