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Short take on the new gambling laws in France

I don’t like it, for the reasons explained by BetFair’s Mark Davies and Right2Bet. The new law is going to be assessed by the French Supreme Court (Conseil Constitutionnel), the French Administrative Council (Conseil d’Etat about “les décrets d’application”), and … Continue reading

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BetFair’s Mark Davis on Internet gambling regulations in the UK

The Bottom Line – Radio 4 “Evan Davis and his panel discuss rivals and regulation.“ Mark Davis was censored edited.

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French online gambling laws are turning into a kafkian farce.

The French government will ask internet gambling operators accessing the French market to turn over: the ID details of all gamblers; the banking info on all gamblers; the details of all bets made by the gamblers; the source code of … Continue reading

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The BetFair and InTrade websites are going to be blocked in France…

… unless they fork over “in between 52,000 euros and 215,000 euros” for a 5-year period. Is that regulation or extortion?

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BetFair (via Right2Bet) are furious at the new French gambling laws.

Right2Bet (operated by BetFair): A Senate hearing on Tuesday looked at ways in which the French authorities could make it more difficult for operators not licensed in France from offering their products to French citizens. They are now looking at … Continue reading

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France will soon block access to the BetFair and InTrade websites.

Gambling operators that are not be licensed by France will have their web access blocked for the French public. The license would require that servers be located within French territory. France = Communist China

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HR 2267 = a bill that would legalize Internet gambling in the United States

Will happen in 2010. Bye bye UIGEA.

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NBA’s David Stern does not oppose sports betting anymore — and his successor will favor it (maybe).

Sports Illustrated: I asked Stern if it is in the best interests of his league to seek legalization of sports betting. He sighed with his head down, as if to emphasize the gravity of what he was going to say. … Continue reading

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Barney Frank hopes to draft a bill to regulate and collect taxes from legal online gambling.

“The Obama administration is officially neutral on the issue of Internet gambling [...]“

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Mathematically speaking, as the saying goes, no one wins the lottery. Sports betting, by contrast, involves skill, and it is possible, although very difficult, to consistently win money on it. Sports bettors are closer to stock or commodities buyers than to people who buy lottery tickets. How much difference is there, after all, between betting on the future price of wheat (an activity banned in some states in the nineteenth century) and betting on the performance of a baseball team?

Guess who said that in 2006. – Previously: BetFair’s Mark Davies on sports betting -

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