The opening of the market for games online on lesechos

Act on the openness to competition and the regulation of the sector of money and gambling online games is rather well received by the various actors in the market. But critics are not lacking. "I say bravo to the Government." "It was not obliged to legislate", said so in the "echoes" the Chairperson of the Executive Board of the operator of casinos group Partouche, Patrick Partouche, very in-the-art in the challenge to the monopoly of Française des Jeux and PMU. "Even if I can have reservations on this text, group Partouche will request licenses on all of its poker online and sports betting, Editor's note offer." "It is our job," he added. It nevertheless regrets that groups of traditional casinos are "losers" of the opening. Only poker is indeed authorized among table games and competition do not lack. Online poker specialists also did not fail to welcome the new situation. "Access to the fourth world market outside United States is an opportunity for our company," said Alexandre Dreyfus, the founder patron of Chilipoker, with 30,000 to 40,000 players active in more than 35 countries, including a minority in France. Same tone in the major European operators of sports betting. "It is good news, exclaimed Nicolas Béraud, Director General of Mangas Gaming, home of Betclick, especially for the French who were waiting to play in a legal framework.

Technical constraints

Also satisfied that "The France finally opens its market", responsible for the strategic development of Bwin, Antonio Costanzo, immediately noted the limits of the law, including "the uncertainty that remains on the list of sports events and the type to paris as well as, of course, the level of taxation". The Austrian Group nevertheless confirmed the filing of applications for approval at least for sports betting and poker. For his part, Emmanuel de Rohan Chabot, the CEO and founder of horse betting on Internet Zeturf specialist, highlights "a big question mark" in the French device: "in a global market, where around 90-92, rates of return to players can have a French island with a return rate lower of 10 points it will be capped at 85 by decree.", EDITOR'S NOTE "With this underlying issue:"the French players will accept more taxed abroad" . Emmanuel de Rohan Chabot recalled that the sampling rate is of the order of 10 to 15 in France, when it is 0.5 to Malta, 1.5 and 3 in Italy. In addition, "the France has ways of blocking illegal sites", questioned. ' "With French taxation level, players will be perhaps more interesting for them to continue to play on sites" "", echoed Antonio Costanzo.

Julien Brown, CEO of Unibet France said, "worried", and "concerned" by the techniques.constraints It now finds itself in a situation where it must respond in a very short time to complicated and costly requirements. "Another operator said on this topic:"We hope that after the State licensing will make his work to ban on illegal sites, because given the level of investment required, any failure in this matter would be poorly perceived." "The European Gambling & Betting Association summarized the problem:"the passed law poses such technical and economic constraints it is unlikely that this openness helps to meet the expectations of French Internet users." "The organization maintains that"the French approach raises problems of compliance with Community law."

For operators, the balance sheet under eighteen months after the promulgation of the Act is therefore especially welcome, leaving the door open to possible developments. Patrick Partouche, and it is not the only one to think, considers furthermore that "the law must be a starting point for a discount flat games in France policy", which relates, inter alia, monopoly remaining for the "hard" of the French games and the PMU.

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