Key Takeaways
- French Secretary of State for the Budget has disappointed the online poker industry by not including provisions to allow internationally shared liquidity in the draft tax of the Digital Bill.
- Minister Eckert heard from the ARJEL president that lack of liquidity was one of the major problems affecting the online poker business in France.
- Eckert had agreed to include such provisions in the Digital Bill, which covers a wide range of topics regarding how the internet should be regulated.
French Secretary of State for the Budget, Christian Eckert, has disappointed the online poker industry by not including provisions to allow internationally shared liquidity in the draft tax of the Bill for a Digital Republic (Digital Bill).
The draft text is out for public consultation until October 18, and makes no mention of gambling or online poker.
