By 
Robert Johnson ·
France has withdrawn its bid to host the 2025 World Expo, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire confirmed on Sunday in an interview with local news television channel BFM TV. With…
By 
Terry Davis ·
The French online gambling regulator ARJEL announced on Tuesday that first Franco-Spanish online poker tables will be launched within the next few weeks as part of the initial phase of…
By Robert Johnson ·
PokerStars became the first online poker operator to be given the green light to participate in the shared online poker liquidity project. France’s online gambling regulator ARJEL issued on Thursday…
By Terry Davis ·
The French online gambling regulator, ARJEL, has reportedly contacted its Italian counterpart inquiring about the latter’s progress on the realization of the shared online poker liquidity project. It was in…
By Robert Johnson ·
France has made significant progress in preparing the necessary documentation for the completion of the shared online poker liquidity project, Clément Martin Saint Léon, Head of Consumer Protection at ARJEL,…
By Robert Johnson ·
Online poker’s continued decline in France was one of the main reasons why the country initiated the creation of a network that would see its player pool merged with those…
By Robert Johnson ·
A surprising 2016 that saw Britain vote ‘leave’ on the EU referendum and former casino mogul Donald Trump defy all logic and become the 45th President of the United States…
By Robert Johnson ·
France may eventually overhaul its rather clumsy online gambling taxation system after two MPs presented last week a report that called for the implementation of new measures regarding the regulation…
By Terry Davis ·
France has committed its efforts to secure first online poker shared liquidity agreements by mid-2017, as ARJEL President Charles Coppolani has revealed in a recent report by the country’s online…
By Terry Davis ·
Online poker operator PokerStars has started informing players that its .fr website will be available only to people residing in Mainland France or the country’s overseas territories from February 13,…
By Terry Davis ·
The French regulated online gambling market saw a considerable increase in sports betting revenue and another quarter of a slump in poker cash games during the three months ended September…
By Robert Johnson ·
French gambling operator France Pari announced today that it has acquired Spanish online sports betting and gaming company Suertia. The deal’s terms were not disclosed but the buyer said in…
By Robert Johnson ·
Canadian gambling giant Amaya Inc. and its subsidiary the Rational Group announced today that the BetStars sports betting brand has expanded its reach across regulated markets with the recent launch…
By Robert Johnson ·
The French Senate has voted in favor of three proposed amendments to the country’s Digital Bill, with all three being sponsored by ARJEL, known to be France’s gambling regulator. One…
By Robert Johnson ·
France reported an increase in full-year net revenue generated by the country’s casinos for the very first time in seven years. There were 201 gambling venues operating within its borders…
By 
Anthony Huber ·
France began moving closer to legalization of online gambling activities in 2005. Back then the European Commission embarked on an investigation of the current state of the nation’s gambling industry.…
By 
Susan Sutton ·
French gambling officials released a report containing detailed results from the performance of the online gambling segment on the territory of the country. According to the numbers reported, online sports…