Saturday, 2 June 2012
Spain has awarded its first set of online gaming licenses to operators including PokerStars, bwin.party, William Hill, Jaxx Ag, 888 Holdings and Sportingbet.
Spain has awarded its first set of online gaming licenses to operators including PokerStars, bwin.party, William Hill, Jaxx Ag, 888 Holdings and Sportingbet.59 companies had applied for Spanish online gambling licences with officials in the nation hoping that the attached 25 percent gross gaming revenue tax will help the cash-strapped country rein in its spiralling deficit.Spain has raised approximately $87 million in back taxes from online gambling operators over recent weeks including Sportingbet, bwin.party and 888 while the nation’s Treasury Department revealed that it was currently in the process of informing successful candidates but would not make the full list public later this week."We are happy to confirm that PokerStars was today granted a license to operate in Spain and we plan to launch www.PokerStars.es on June 5th. For now, Spanish players can continue to compete on www.PokerStars.com as normal and don’t need to take any action." read a statement from PokerStars.Keep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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