France Gets More Time

France has been given more time by the European Commission to make changes in their gambling regulations; this extension will give France until October 29 of this year. The first deadline for France was in August, which they have not met, where Internet providers were required to inform their users that when they tried to access online gaming sites that the site was not authorized in France and these Internet users would be notified with a message.

With this August deadline there would also be a fine imposed on providers that did not adhere to this demand. At this point French gamblers online have only two authorized casinos by the French government that are legal for them to gamble on; one named PMU and the other is Francaise des Jeux.

One other item the French failed to accomplish by this August deadline was to open their horseracing to European betting and European gambling operators. By not opening their countries horseracing given the extra time they have been given, the European Commission will expect France to answer why they have not done this in the European Court of Justice, as they will be in violation of Article 49 of the European Treaty.