ARJEL Annual Report, In-Depth: A Comprehensive Argument for French Online Gambling Reform ARJEL Annual Report, In-Depth: A Comprehensive Argument for French Online Gambling Reform
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Key Takeaways
  • ARJEL president outlines argument for lowering taxes for online poker.
  • Reasons given include a flourishing gray market, a struggling legitimate one, and, subsequently, risking a reduction in tax revenues.
  • Operators sustained aggregate losses in 2012 of EUR 68m.
  • Switch to GGR tax proposed.
  • Changing the law to allow shared player pools recommended.

ARJEL’s 2012 Annual Report, released in late May, is not just a model of reporting excellence and a mine of interesting information—this year, it was also a vehicle for ARJEL Président Jean-François Vilotte to argue for regulatory reform of online gaming.