The French online gambling market has been monopolized by state run group Française de Jeux and horseracing by PMU for many years with no opportunity for competitors to tap into it. A new legalization rule being introduced by the French government will open up the market to private operators who are daring enough to work within the high taxes and tight conformity rules that still leave the state run parties with the sweeter part of the deal. Full Article

With the enforcement of the UIGEA effecting US players and their ability to make deposits and play at online casinos; many Canadians are beginning to wonder what their fate will be with online gambling. In reality, Canada will not be impacted by these new US laws at all, but there are some specific laws that dictate how online gambling can occur in Canada. Full Article

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, called simply the UIGEA in gaming circles, was an amendment that was quietly passed into law as part of the SAFE Port Act, a bill related to national security, on October 13, 2006. It was done with much haste, steered through the Senate and attached to the principal piece of legislation just minutes before the Senate adjourned for the 2006 elections, and the final language was not even read by the people who voted on it. Full Article