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New French Poker Sparks Controversy

The French online caisno gambling industry is slowly becoming more and more of a reality thanks to gambling laws and regulations that are just now in development in the country and are due for gradual implementation in the coming months. Foreign online casinos and gambling groups have waited years for the French government to open the doors to a more fair and inclusive internet gambling industry – and just as hopes soar that the French government has “seen the light” and chosen to operate with the EU rules in mind, a recent announcement from Francaise des Jeux indicates that the state gambling monopoly plans to enter the online poker industry well before the foreign sites receive their planned licensing within the country.

As the French online casino gambling monopoly plans to enter the poker gambling industry in cahoots with the land based gambling monopoly, Lucien Barriere, the international industry is concerned that these two companies are creating a “super company” that would prove hugely and unfairly competitive with foreign operators planning to enter the market.

The planned online casino poker site will use licensed Cyberarts software to operate the site. Some of the initial criticism coming out of the European Gambling and Betting Association as well as other European gambling groups centers on the fact that Barriere has no experience in the internet gambling industry and these two companies together create a formidable force. Critics speculate that the French government is, once again, staking a claim at a monopoly of sorts in the market.