The Belgian Gaming Commission announced yesterday that only three poker rooms that will be legal in its territory will be PokerStars.be, Partouche.be and Casino777.be.
In other words, it will be forbidden to play on other such as PartyPoker.com poker rooms or on rooms on the iPoker network to take just these examples. Means will be taken for this purpose through an agreement with the country's Internet provider.
If PokerStars has a license to operate online in Belgium, this is no coincidence. Indeed, according to the law in force in the country, only operators who operate "hardcoded" may obtain a licence for the online game. Having taken the lead, PokerStars has allied with Circus Group (this group has 15 games, 2 casinos and even bowling 3 rooms) in October 2010.
In this regard, Sander Siezen stated recently: "PokerStars.com, the Circus group are logical partners. CasinoDeNamur.be has the largest poker offers Live in Belgium and PokerStars.com is the largest site of Belgian poker and the world. In addition, PokerStars.com also organizes the largest poker Live in Europe, the European Poker Tour Championship. "Finally, all this is in line with our strategy claimed, which is to provide online poker where feasible."
In addition to Belgium, PokerStars was already licensed in several European countries: the France, the Italy and the Estonia.
Recall that the legal PokerStars poker licence was obtained in France from the ARJEL, authority of Regulation of games online. Since that time, PokerStars operates from sous pokerstars.com address.
For important information even if the Belgians must play in PokerStars.be, it is noted that these players meet all the players present on PokerStars.com, which will not have the effect of reducing traffic. In addition, it is noted that the Belgian players will have the same privileges as the players in the room in .com.
In summary, it is not excluded other licences in the future. For now, access providers will have to block all unauthorized poker sites ensure.
In 2011, the Belgium had slightly more than 11 million inhabitants making it a relatively small market.
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