Portugal’s online gambling market may see new licensure in March, according to reports emanating from Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos headquarters.

The Portuguese online gambling market has resembled a spaghetti western for some time now.

The doors of the once vibrant online gambling halls are hanging from their rusted hinges; tumbleweed rolls down the dusty streets, the good guys have gone, and the undesirables have pitched up a few tents in the hope of grabbing the attention of those that are stuck.

It’s been more than six months since the likes of PokerStars, Full Tilt, and William Hill decided to shut up shop and leave the Portuguese market. It wasn’t a Bridges of Madison goodbye, more of a ‘see you soon’ sort of farewell.