Several bookmakers elected not to sup from what they perceived to be the poisoned chalice of the French gaming market, but Mangas Gaming chief executive Nicolas Beraud insists it is fine wine. Expensive, but fine wine. And what’s more, there’s lots of it. “What we see of the French market so far is a boom in terms of new customers that until now didn’t want to play because it was thought that it was illegal to play on the internet,” said Beraud, with all the optimism of a man who’s been drinking too much. Read more.