French online gambling operator Winamax has become the second French licensee to win approval to commence cross-border online poker liquidity sharing.

On Thursday, French online gambling regulator ARJEL published a notice formally approving Winamax’s France-licensed site to share online poker liquidity with the three other nations – Italy, Portugal and Spain – that signed a liquidity deal last summer.

ARJEL previously approved a similar step by the France-licensed site of The Stars Group’s flagship PokerStars brand, which began sharing liquidity with players on its Spanish-licensed site last month. Players outside France and Spain can participate in the liquidity pool by registering via PokerStars.es, provided they reside in a market that has yet to impose its own formal licensing regime.

Winamax has yet to acquire a license from Spain’s gaming regulator but the company signaled its intentions last October when it inked Spanish poker player Adrian Mateos as brand ambassador. The company has also been advertising for new staff who are fluent in both French and Spanish.