UK-listed online gambling operator 888 Holdings has been issued an online casino and poker license in Portugal.

On Monday, Portugal’s Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ) regulatory body announced that it had issued an online gambling license on January 14 to 888 Portugal Limited, which will operate in the country using the 888.pt domain.

Specifically, 888’s new license 888 authorizes the company to offer online slots and French roulette, as well as multiple poker variants. The casino product has already gone live on the new site although the poker page currently consists of a ‘get ready cuz poker is coming’ message.

When 888’s poker product does arrive, poker players in Portugal’s regulated online market will finally have an alternative to The Stars Group’s PokerStars brand, which has had the local market all to itself since PokerStars.pt launched in November 2016.