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Online gambling law: Less prize pool available for the French
If resetting online casino and sports betting sites' accounts was one of the main points that created discontent among players with the coming in force of the new [url=# gambling[/url] law, other aspects in this text are also difficult to swallow. Online poker enthusiasts will be among the main victims. The clause of the Article 9 saying "French players will play on websites separated from those of foreign players" implies that huge prizes tournaments, reaching $ 500,000 to $ 1 million, will no longer be available to French players.
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To explain the foundations of this point, Jean-Francois Villotte, future president of the French regulatory authority of online gambling (ARJEL) explained that "to have a proper regulation, half of the players seated at the table should not come from unlicensed operators".
Thus, only poker tournaments among French players, therefore of smaller prize pools, will be allowed to play. But other issues such as State taxation on stakes (2% per pot), illegal sites blocking systems or sanctions considered for those who break this law, still need to be enlightened.
