A request by Betclic Everest Group to offer odds on competitive skiing, despite being rejected, has prompted French regulator L’Autorité de regulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) to take the opportunity to allow bookmakers to offer markets on a range of other winter sports ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The decision was taken after Betclic contacted ARJEL with a view to having the ski jump and Nordic combination skiing (combining cross-country and the jump) added [...]