Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) cut a couple of very interesting deals last week with Dragonfish/888 for the US and with LB Poker (aka FDJ and Barriere) for “regulated markets”.

Well, I say “regulated markets”, the Barriere announcement (roughly translated from French) reads like this: “Each company will use the platform in different countries where online poker is or will be regulated, and in which either decide to operate.”

Both of which beg a few questions. Firstly, why has Caesars cut two deals? Are Dragonfish not good enough for France and elsewhere? If not, then why not, and if it’s not good enough for France then how is it good enough for the US?

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