On 29 April 2015, legislation was enacted for the Portuguese online gaming sector. This legislation poses that all Portuguese online gaming sites need to have an official Portuguese license, provided by the Portuguese regulator SRIJ – Serviço de Regulação e Inspecção de Jogos. ESC Online has such a license and is therefore completely legal.
Since 29 April 2015 you commit an offense if you play on a website that hasn’t been officially authorised by SRIJ – Serviço de Regulação e Inspecção de Jogos and you risk being sued and you won’t benefit from the mechanisms established by SRIJ – Serviço de Regulação e Inspecção de Jogos for protecting the players.