Portugal confirms Luckia’s online casino, sports betting licenses

Portugal has issued online sports betting and casino licenses to Spanish gaming operator Luckia.

On Monday, the Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ) regulatory body confirmed the issuance of its 14th and 15th online gambling licenses to the Luckia Gaming Group, which plans to operate in the country using the Luckia.pt domain.

The company had been publicly crowing about its new Portugal permission slips since early August, although the SRIJ announcement shows that the official permission wasn’t granted until September 5.

The Luckia.pt domain has yet to launch, reflecting the lack of urgency Luckia president José González Fuentes offered when reviewing his company’s 2017 fiscal performance earlier this year. Fuentes told Spanish media that the company didn’t have “much ambition in Portugal because it is a modest country,” but the market was nonetheless important due to its “proximity” to Luckia’s Spanish home base.