France issues dix-sept online gambling licenses

On Tuesday months of anticipation came to a climax when the French Government finally issued 17 licenses to 11 different online gambling operators. Let’s just say for those that received those licenses there’s probably a fine bottle of French wine or at least a champagne bottle or two being toasted out. The market was hotly contested, they received 35 applications, but only 17 got the nod. Read more.