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- In an interview with French national newspaper Les Echos, Jean-François Vilotte discusses the declining poker market and the Partouche departure.
- Aa switch to GGR taxation without reducing the total tax revenue raised is recommended.
- He stresses that shared liquidity in online poker is an important step.
- Vilotte calls upon the EU Commission to take direct action against operators not licensed in France who target French players.
The Director of French regulator ARJEL, Jean-François Vilotte, has called for remote gaming taxes to be based on total gaming revenues, not total bets.