Speaking before the Finance Committee of the French Senate last week, ARJEL president Jean-François Vilotte warned that while the poker segment of the French online gaming market may achieve profitability in 2011, high taxation and a limit on the rate of return to players may cause gamblers to seek out illegal sportsbetting providers.
In the time period between the liberalisation of the French online gaming market ahead of the FIFA World Cup and December 31st 2010, [...]