If shared online poker liquidity sounded like a chimera or a concept too illusory to be deemed possible, it seems that it is now very close to turning into reality. News from Italian media from the past several weeks have spurred hopes that first shared liquidity agreements will be signed this year.
And according to the latest wave of media reports from the Southern European country, the first agreement that would allow ring-fenced online poker markets to merge their player pools would be penned by the end of this year’s first half.
WHAT IS MORE, ITALY’S ONLINE GAMBLING HEAD, DARIA PROVVIDENZA PETRALIA, HEAD OF REMOTE GAMING OFFICE, HAS REVEALED THAT THE FIRST ONLINE POKER NETWORK WILL PROBABLY BE LAUNCHED IN LATE 2017 OR EARLY 2018.
Ms. Petralia has said that neither she, nor her colleagues could give a specific deadline as the agreement involves four countries, presumably France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, and there are important technical matters to be taken care of before a network is created.
Shared online poker liquidity has circulated as an important topic in the European iGaming space for several years now. (READ HERE: WITH DELAY BUT FINALLY JOINT THE ONLINE POKER LIQUIDITY SHARING)
