Online gambling regulators in select European Union markets expect to reach a deal on online poker liquidity sharing by June, according to the head of French gaming regulator ARJEL.

ARJEL released its 2016 annual report this week, which included a statement that the regulator expects a formal liquidity sharing arrangement between the governments of France, Italy, Portugal and Spain to be concluded sometime next month.

The prediction will be welcome news to poker players in those markets, who have been watching the glacially slow process unfold for years now. Regulators have offered sporadic hints as to the progress they’re making but the most recent meeting of European gaming regulators in Lisbon earlier this month resulted in a press release that failed to so much as mention the issue of online poker liquidity.

While handshakes and signatures may be exchanged in June, ARJEL said online poker operators wouldn’t be able to submit their software for technical standards testing until September at the earliest. And while ARJEL said it would “make every effort” to ensure liquidity sharing became a reality “as soon as possible,” it offered no concrete timelines for when that magical day might arrive.