FRENCH CASINO MOGUL DEFENDS ONLINE GAMBLING
16 October 2009
Partouche calls for level playing field in
France
Patrick Partouche, the astute French businessman who
heads an offline and online casino empire, defended
Internet gambling in an interview on the radio station
Europe 1 last week, emphasising the precautions taken
against underage and problem gamblers by online gambling
operators.
Speaking on the current move by the
French government towards a more liberal French gambling
market, Partouche called for an equitable regulatory
system, a sore point for many operators who believe that
the existing FdeJ and PMU monopolies will still be given
an advantage by French legislators currently debating
the draft liberalisation bill in the National Assembly
(see previous InfoPowa reports).
Partouche
debunked allegations by anti-online gambling factions
that Internet gambling placed the underaged and problem
gamblers at more risk, saying that online venues take
extraordinary precautions and use advanced identity
verification technology to exclude as far as possible
the risk of minors or addictive gamblers signing up.
French operators often use the Addictel system to
channel troubled gamblers to organisations where they
can get assistance.
Regarding the prospect of
increased competition in the French market, Partouche
commented that properly managed and regulated
competitors would be welcomed, providing that they
observed the same standards and rules laid down by the
new regulatory regime. He thought that the government
would probably restrict new licenses to around 30.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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