Jan 18, 2013

French regulator admits that poker needs shared pools




Presenting the report of 2012, Jean-François Vilotte president ARJEL, online gaming regulatory authority in France, admitted that to ensure the long-term market is necessary to open the doors to other countries.

In 2012 revenues in cash game tables down 5% compared to 2011, as revenue rose 21% from tournaments, but the cake total, tournaments represent less than 20% of revenues from online poker rooms.

Addressing the current French poker scene, Vilotte admits that the attractiveness of French poker right now is "worrying". So even believe that you need to change the current law to allow in the near future the share markets with other countries where the game is also regulated.

The share pools is a recurring theme in the meetings on the online game that leaders of France, Spain, Italy and Portugal have organized, with Spain and Italy will be the first to open its borders online.

The main problem of the French poker are high taxes, with a rate of 2% on all cash game pots - whether the room has collected rake or not - bringing the total to nearly 40% of revenues. Already in Italy and Spain these values ​​go between 20 and 25%.

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