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The French Gambling Market - The industry turns a
hopeful look toward France
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Report on all gambling sectors in France –
Betting, lottery, casino, and interactive/online gambling
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Despite some criticism and many unresolved issues of
the planned liberalisation (e.g., tax scheme), the gambling industry is turning a hopeful look toward
France. Many operators expect a boost for their business from the opening of the French gambling market:
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- Liberalisation in 2010 - One of the key aspects of this liberalisation, which will probably take effect in summer 2010, will be the opening of the interactive/online sports and horse race betting markets as well as of the online poker market.
- Nearly all market players look to France
- According to
MECN’s new research, ca. 80% of the gambling operators and experts surveyed consider the French
market relevant or even very relevant to their future business.
- Online poker of top interest - 77% of the operators surveyed in
MECN’s study are seeking to obtain a French online poker license.
- Current size of market is immense - The licensed gambling market (incl.
casinos) in France totalled ca. Euro 70 billion in 2008 (turnover/sales). In terms of gross revenue,
the market achieved Euro 8.5 billion in 2008.
- Large growth potential - While the horse race betting market
has a long tradition in France, sports betting and poker are not yet as developed and thus offer great
potential for future growth.
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The report includes
detailed analyses of all relevant topics:
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- Analyses of all sectors - The report analyses all sectors of the gambling market: interactive/online gambling, betting (sports and horse races), lottery, and casinos.
- Current market figures - Comprehensive market data up to 2008, such as market size and development of sales/turnover as well as gross revenues, registered users, …
- Forecasts until 2015 - Detailed forecasts for all sectors with a special focus on the interactive/online market up to the year 2015.
- Liberalisation process and updates - Up-to-date information about the ongoing liberalisation process incl. the most recent adaptation and changes to the draft bill (e.g., tax on poker, …).
- Legal and tax information - Detailed explanation of the current legislation and the taxes imposed - produced in cooperation with leading legal experts of Ulys.
- Unique insights through survey of market insiders
- Many analyses
are based on the results and the unique insights we gathered from our survey of more than 50 market
insiders and operators.
- Translation of entire liberalisation draft
- Complete English translation of the entire online gambling/betting liberalisation draft (parliamentary bill - N° 1549 of March 2009).
- In total, the report has nearly
130 pages and 66 graphs/exhibits.
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