Malta licenses Intercasino and Interpoker

Online gambling companies InterCasino and InterPoker have been granted online casino gaming and online poker licenses by Lotteries and Gaming - the licensing agency for the government of Malta.

In a press release this week the companies said both had successfully completed the stringent requirements of the Maltese government to operate their online gaming business from the Mediterranean island.

Malta falls within the European Economic Area.

"InterCasino and InterPoker chose to relocate their servers to Malta due to the country's progressive policy in online gaming regulation, and because of the operational advantages across Europe that an online gaming license within the EU affords," a company spokesman said. "It has already been recognised by the United Kingdom that InterCasino and InterPoker's Maltese license places these companies on a white-list of compliant operators allowed to advertise within the UK." .