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Originally Posted by Herrigel
paying taxes and licences fees for a tiny market is too expensive for RIO, but SH players are connected to the EU/COM pool (like many others [uk, be, bg ...]). BUT you can't sign up on it like ES. there are few differences, i think no p2p transfers, no skrill ... can't remember all, talked to a SH guy after it was implemented.
regarding the new law: so far the 1K limit is planned, but lobbyists will have some time to make proposals (February is a meeting). so maybe there will be changes.
despite that, most regs (needing more) are living in the uk, malta or AT anyway. not sure about how many fish donk of more than 1K monthly tbh and how that effects the overall player pool*.
one thing concerning is definitely, that they plan to impose limits, on what you can play at the same time. e.g. not degen off your roll in 3 casinos at the same time. but again, this is criticised and might not even be technically doable.
since poker isn't that important - sports betting is semi-regulated and media more interested in slots [bc they don't understand poker] - i've read nothing about poker specific things (e.g. will there be a table limit?)
however, i didn't read the original draft, just the news. not sure about the others commentors here itt**, but the main stream news just wrote about a few keypoints of a 70 page juggernaut of legal text. it will take a few days (weeks) until experts are through it and drip down the details. e.g. it could be, that they allow poker, but only NLHE and PLO, MTTs but Spins ... or something like that.
i didn't read anything about if it's fenced or not in the news articles, but my guess that it will be not gated, since SH is kinda like the example, how regulation works.
about taxes ... what i remember is, that sports betting winnings are taxed within the sportsbook in SH, so this could be an issue when casino games and poker are regulated as well.
tl;dr: news coverage of this topic is just scratching the surface, so far i didn't read details about poker and lobbyists will have some time so maybe there are some changes coming.
* of coruse it sucks for high rollers, that have Germanz as customers
** if you have detailed sources, pls share
edit: not saying i'm happy about the possible negative changes, but since a 'black friday' like scenario was a thread, this isn't the worst thing. old gambling treaty tried to outlaw poker, operators just were lucky it violated against EU law (i know, interpretation is everything), so they kept going
Last edited by NerdSuperfly; 01-24-2020 at 03:53 AM.