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France Willing to Play Ball

It has been a long and tough road for the European Commission in terms of brining the French government into compliance with the EU policies of free-trade between EU member states in regards to the online casino gambling industry. France, among other countries, has been adamant about maintaining a state monopoly on gambling interests specifically to protect the government’s tax revenue. Foreign EU listed online casinos have been pressuring the European Commission to find a faster resolution to this ongoing issue – and the announcement that France may very well end the conflict and allow in foreign operators is pretty exciting news for the online gambling industry.

There is a bit of speculation about just what finally brought the French government around to the Commission’s demands. Basically the threat of further action from the European Court of Justice was the likely basis for a decision to pass more inclusive online casino gambling legislation in France. The Commission has formerly begun to make good on the threats it has issued over the past several years to the various state governments. Infringement proceedings are underway now against as many as ten EU member states that have online casino gambling policies in place that violate the EU’s main policies regarding trade and the movement of goods and services.

For France though, the announcement that the government was already developing plans for a new tax structure for the foreign listed online casino gambling groups has good news. According to the most recently released information, the new French bill will go to the Minister as early as next month.