Then the games are made Nothing is more Surely not

The bets are open. Make your games! On what Future candidates for one of the licenses that will put on the table the French State, authorizing the operation of sports betting sites and games on the Internet. And as soon as the Bill, presented to the Council of Ministers beginning of March, will be voted by Parliament. The best in July, probably in the fall. All for a "controlled opening" market, today anarchic early 2010, always says the Budget Minister Eric Woerth, Chief dealer! Burned the text was to pass before the MPS and senators in the fall of last barrier, Betclick, Bet365, Bwin, Eurosport.bet, Ladbrokes, Partouche, Partygaming, Unibet and other zeTurf hope that all this will be loop before the next World Cup of football, in South Africa in summer 2010. The monopoly of the French games and the PMU will then formally lived.

It is already virtual. Because many sites, based in Malta, Gibraltar or elsewhere, on which the "addicted" French paris all kinds and games can satisfy their passion. To regulate this market under pressure from Brussels and "grey" which, in October 2006, was sent to the France a letter of formal notice, the French Government has come up with this concept of "controlled opening". A year ago to the day, on 6 June 2008, at Roland Garros, the financier of the French Government in had defined some priorities: prevention of addiction and the fight against fraud and money laundering. Missions that will be entrusted to the future independent authority (Arjel) online games.

Not what discourage those who see in this opening a real gold mine. In fact, the amount of issues collected in the legal framework is estimated in France to EUR 680 million (excluding lottery), and could be multiplied by five, to 3.4 billion in 2015. An eldorado! Where the gold rush.

Around the table, old Fox of finance, such as François Pinault, associated via his family holding Artémis to the former CEO of TF1, Patrick Le Lay, and Martin Bouygues, owner of the said chain, young wolves of the world of business, as Stéphane Courbit, fortune made in the reality TV, or Marc Simoncini (him, in the dating sites)sitting alongside the as poker, and incidentally singer Patrick Bruel. To elephants, PMU and French gaming (JDF), which disturbed about the mare of the monopoly, are beginning to be tethered. All that await the lions Bwin, Unibet and other Ladbrokes, prevailing in the jungle of the market on European Internet games. Some also approached the table a bit too early, at the risk of being put on the run by the guardians of public order. But they remain there, ready to pounce!

Still need to that the game worth the candle. This is the issue of the future parliamentary discussion. Some potential candidates expressed concern about the conditions of the opening of the market. The economic equilibrium of the French model is not so lucrative they provide. Given a rate of return to players from about 85 (part of the money bet redistributed) to which they can hardly depart, except to see the betting public to escape to more remunerative, and sites despite all the Maginot lines intended to prevent any foreign incursions illegal and taxation to 8.5 of the total of the updates, the future players in the market calculate that they will be taxed at 60 of their income! However they have had to exist in this ruthless world make significant investments in information technology and advertising. Unplayable, they say. And to denounce the vision to short view of the Government that, to preserve its tax revenues, would take the risk of killing the goose egg of gold in the egg. To the point that some large European players would to apply for a licence. They would have time to see new entrants all lose in the hope of picking up the last later.

Pending the outcome of races and despite threats of Eric Woerth at Roland Garros a year ago, or recently even when flowered their advertisements in the press or radio punishing the operators are not allowed to start, each fourbit its weapons. "Illegal" sites are most active on the canvas, the historical actors, while capital partnerships or commercial to form more or less discreetly. Then, the games are made Nothing is more Surely not...