Anti-gaming legislation may soon threaten one of online poker's larger markets.
Legislators in Russia's Ministry of Finance have introduced a bill that would require banks and payment processors to block transactions between Russian customers and international online gaming operators, iGaming Business reported.
It's not the first time the Russian government has targeted online gamblers. In 2015, a very similar measure was introduced, with the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin. That bill failed to materialize into any kind of law after some government agencies opposed it.
Russia is believed to house about 8.