After more than five years since signing of the historic agreement between four European gaming regulators which was never followed by an implementation of the rules in Italy, we are once again talking about international liquidity for online poker.
According to what Jamma has been able to report in recent days, with the resumption of autumn activity, the Games Directorate of the Customs and Monopolies Agency held a series of meetings with players in the gaming sector, also in light of the proposals formulated by the regulator and sent to the Mef regarding the reorganization of the sector.
And precisely in these days, a few years after the start of the discussion between the Italian regulator (ADM) and the namesakes of France, Spain and Portugal, the idea returns to the table of the 'decision makers', just when we talk about the possible new call for online concessions.
It was July 2017 when, after several meetings in which technical and bureaucratic issues were discussed, Italy signed the agreement with other countries for shared liquidity. A few months later, on the eve of the publication of the financial maneuver document, some members of the then government majority expressed strong doubts about the opportunity of Italy's entry into the international liquidity system in the context of online gaming. At the beginning of 2028, France and Spain sanctioned the start of the operations that effectively merge the online poker markets: players can thus 'meet' with those from the other country, thus expanding the user base.
A few months later, Portugal's 'technical' entry was announced. Only Italy is missing from the list where, according to some, the skepticism of some politicians is combined with the opposition of some Italian operators for commercial reasons. The events, or vicissitudes, of a political nature do the rest. The idea of implementing that famous agreement is lost among the many other emergencies that the market is facing. Until these days when some experts in the sector who have been operating on the market for years as consultants for online business realities have the opportunity to bring their experience and some proposals to the attention of the ADM Management.
