After several
months of anticipation, speculation and debate, France officially
opened Tuesday its online gambling market by granting 17 licenses to
11 operators, just three days before the start of the FIFA World Cup in South
Africa - according to a decree published in the Official Journal-. Three types
of online bets will be covered by the new dispensation: for horse
racing, sport betting and online poker. 8 operators will be able to
offer sport betting in France in the coming weeks. 35 applications had been
submitted altogether and between 15 and 20 for sport betting.
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