Almost six months after opening to competition of the market for online games, a standard for responsible gaming is currently under development, announces the AFNOR standards specialist.
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Launched at the request of the French Games, this standard will cover all the games online that offers physical, such as lotteries or slot machines. It could apply from the end of 2011.
All forms of gambling and gaming will be affected by this new standard, whether lotteries, sports paris, casinos, slot machines … Several major players in games and addiction specialists participating in the games development, starting with the Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) and University Hospitals, research centers, but also associations consumers.
The strike under way since Tuesday night ended in Brussels Casino, where work resumed Thursday, said Thursday the union delegate SETCa Olivier Van Camp.
The movement of discontent had started after the dismissal of a security guard. It finally got starting conditions more favorable. Unions and management have also agreed on a new procedure for dismissal, while a timetable was established to address a range of problems within the casino. Brussels Casino employs approximately 400 people. (Belga)
The Municipality delegation discussed the new public service with the group COGIT . There is no other candidate.
In negotiations. Lacanau Casino, owned by COGIT , must renew its delegation of public service (PSA) with the municipality canaulaise. According to our information, there is a new “lease” of twelve years, the same duration as the previous one, in order to continue to operate a facility located at the entrance of the resort.
Owner walls
After the DSP of the golf course Ardilouse, won by the company New Golfs de France in October is another big issue that mobilizes Jean-Michel David, the mayor, surrounded by a group of elected and a consulting firm.
The challenge will be for the community to obtain a higher levy on casino revenues. It is now fixed at 7%. The law allows up to 15%. In 2009, this tax would have brought 400,000 euros to the community. In total, since 1999, is a bit more than 3 million who have returned to the coffers of the town. The group COGIT , whose nerve center is located in Martinique, also controls the casinos and Biscarrosse Mimizan.
In Lacanau, COGIT owns the walls of the institution. This does not, moreover, facilitates the positioning of a competitor. According to our information, the bid opening, only the group COGIT had applied for membership.
The economic
The negotiation between the municipality and the delegate canaulaise, which has just begun, should crystallize on the removal of gross gaming revenue.
In January 2010, in a much more competitive, the municipality of Soulac had obtained the maximum levy threshold of its casino sector (15%). Jostled by the nomination of Federico Ruggieri, the owner of the gambling establishment Gujan-Mestras Roland Leas, the operator did not really have a choice.
In Lacanau, the situation is not quite the same. The absence of other applicants, then an economy still sluggish (in three years, the overall turnover of the casinos has dropped by 20%) are the current delegate in a rather advantageous.
Nevertheless, the negotiations will be difficult. The group COGIT , does not intend to yield on the levy increase will have to convince the municipality that relies on its evolution. Community, ambitious in its “investment dynamics,” want to take its objectives. And the source of “income” casino involved in consolidating the municipal budget.
In 2008, the casino was just Lacanau beneficiary, but eight out of 48 jobs were eliminated. In 2009, the annual gross gaming was $ 4.5 million. In 2010, its business could experience a slight increase (+2%) while it was down last year (4-5%). It is within this margin, excluding other arguments available to parties around the table, COGIT Lacanau and will do business.
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First referral to the disciplinary committee by the College of ARJEL
The college’s commitment ARJEL sanction proceedings against the three operators licensed to end its session on December 3, 2010
Upon issuance of the first amenities, services Arjel conducted regular checks and ongoing activity of approved so that they make the necessary adjustments.
At the end of this period and under the sanction procedure described in Article 43 of Law No. 2010-476 on openness and competition from gambling and gambling online, Arjel gave notice to some operators, when deficiencies were noted.
The College of ARJEL proceed with the notification of objections to the operators concerned and transmit such notification to the Chairman of the Sanctions Committee, said transmission of this worth referral commission.
Chaired by Mr. Thierry Tuot, State Councilor and composed of Mr. Bertrand DACOSTA State Councilor, Ms. Pierrette PINOT and Michel Arnould, advisors to the Court of Cassation, Ms. Flowers and Mr. Antoine GUEROULT PELLERIN , judges of the Court of Auditors, the disciplinary committee will decide the outcome of an independent process.
It may decide, depending on the seriousness of the breaches, one of the penalties provided for in Article 43-IV of the Act, namely: a simple warning, reduction of up to one year duration of accreditation, suspension of registration for three months or even the outright withdrawal of approval. Instead or in addition to these sanctions, the disciplinary committee will decide if a penalty ranging, depending on the seriousness of the breach, the situation of the operator in question, the extent of injury and benefits derived from them, up to 5% of the amount of sales tax-free the last financial year corresponding to the activities subject to approval.
Meanwhile, the ARJEL participates actively in the fight against illegal sites in coordination with the State services (Ministry of Interior, Customs, etc.).. 125 enforcement notices were issued to non-approved sites, accessible from France. Affected sites have ceased operation and have since regularly monitored.
To date, the Arjel has issued 46 licenses to 33 operators:
- 15 for paris sports
- 23 for poker
- 8 for horse paris
Democratic U.S. Senator Harry Reid knows curry favor with billionaires and more specifically those of the barons of the casinos. The Wall Street Journal suggests, in fact, support for the bill to legalize online poker for groups casino owners hard. This exclusivity would be happy to Sheldon Adelson, Kirk Kerkorian and to Steve Wynn.
The debate surrounding the legalization of online poker in the United States seems unprepared to succeed. Many scenarios are possible. Three main orientations are indeed possible. Either the U.S. legalize online poker via licensing like the French model, or the government decides to award licenses to good students, that is to say to those who have followed the law U.S. and withdrew from the market in 2006.
This solution severely penalize the two tenors Pokerstars and Full Tilt which continue to conduct their business online gambling illegally. Conversely Bwin and PartyGaming would be rewarded for their obedience!
Third possible scenario, that advocated by Harry Reid. The leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate proposes to give exclusivity to groups with interests in U.S. casinos. And when we talk about great figures of American casino, of course we want to talk about the founder and leader of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. Sheldon Adelson, sixty thirteenth global wealth, Kirk Kerkorian or Steve Wynn, owner of the Bellagio and Wynn Las Vegas.
If this alternative is adopted, our barons could legally offer rooms online poker to U.S. players and see their fortunes rise even further. Operators by their cons, would see their incomes drop dramatically. Such a bill has little chance of being voted. Lobbying online operators is far from having said its last word. The maps are far from being played!
Wednesday morning, the first customers of the casinos were forced to wait a few minutes before rushing to the discovery of eight new slot machines. They were installed during the night to be operational from the opening of the gambling establishment
“We have two machines” Sex and The City “straight from the cult TV series. These machines are a hit in the institutions of foreign games that have them. We are the first French casino to be equipped, “says Toledano Sentob. The leader of the casino was that the establishment gujan to an investment strategy for intensive and innovative implementation of a technological park very. It has since December 1, 110 armed bandits including two highly anticipated before which rushed in a real rush, early morning customers.
“Every six months we try to offer our customers new equipment to remain attractive and competitive. With the crisis, people seek excellence, attentive service and professionalism. “The arrival of Omaha Poker
Another part of the Casino du Lac de la Magdeleine, poker. The last City Council voted a resolution for the operation of Omaha poker. This game of hold’em poker is differentiated by the fact that four cards instead of two, are dealt face down. “We continue with this new variant to stay in our strategy vis-à-vis the poker. ”
Sentob Toledano explains that this is the first new game in the casinos since this type of poker being played so far only on the Internet. “This is a variant fashion which makes a big novelty and freshness poker. Permission to use this game gives the casino up circles and online games. “The first tournament was held last Wednesday and was complete in one hour. “We will launch initiatives to meet the expectations of our customers. ”
Referring to the Casino du Lac classification in the national top 15 for playing poker, Toledano Sentob confirms that the casino Gujan-Mestras launch in early March 2011, a complementary offering with a poker site online.
BERLIN – Under the pressure of a decision of the European Court of Justice, Germany is seeking the best solution to keep the revenue from its casinos and other gambling.
As in other European countries before the Court, it ordered Germany to liberalize the market for gambling, lotteries and sports paris … The ECJ has however left a door to the monopoly of state: invoke the fight against gambling addiction.
It is precisely this perch that some of the sixteen German regional states (Länder) supporters of the monopoly wants to seize.
Another option, potentially more lucrative and defended by another group of federal states, would be to relinquish its monopoly, the better to tax the private operators.
Both options should be discussed at a meeting Dec. 15 between the presidents of the Länder and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The “monopoly” want to introduce more restrictive legislation that would seek to foreground the “Spielhallen” signs in shops razzle-l’oeil, which are part of the urban landscape crowded with German and slot machines, sometimes accessed 24/24.
Some 200 to 250,000 machines distributed in 12,000 Spielhallen generate 3.3 billion euros turnover per year. An amount on which the Federal Government and the Länder recover 1.2 billion euros in taxes.
A total of gambling reported more than 4.5 billion euros in taxes. A major issue in a period where every euro of revenue account.
Among the tracks referred to toughen the law: 1,000 feet minimum distance between two Spielhallen and limiting the number of machines per shop.
But seven Länder Conservatives, led by the Schleswig-Holstein, advocating instead a managed liberalization of the market for gambling and advertising.
To listen to Hans-Jörn Arp, elected Conservative Regional State in northern Germany, this solution would only have advantages.
Freer paris sports, for example, would greatly increase resources for the public coffers, “says Arp.
According to estimates from research firm Goldmedia German, paris sports market already accounts for nearly 8 billion euros in Germany, but only 6% of this amount would be bet through the systems regulated by the state and therefore taxed.
This device would even virtuous effects for the fight against addiction, “he assures, as it would have the merit of bringing under common law an entire segment of the sector that escapes for now.
The number of problem gamblers German is difficult to estimate. The figure commonly advanced is 100,000 to 200,000, but a study by the German Ministry of Health estimates that 1.1% of the population aged 16 to 65, or about 600,000 people, have “a relationship problem or pathological gambling .
Specialists deplore gambling addiction focus on the question of monopoly, which means that “we do not address the underlying problem,” said Gerhard Meyer, professor of psychology at the University of Bremen.
“The legal limits of betting, gains and losses are circumvented by a system of points” on slot machines, he denounces.
“The money paid into an account is converted into points. You can bet the equivalent of 6,000 euros in points once, while the law does not put more than 2 euros,” he explains .
And he recognizes that “there must be a legal offer on the Internet”, including in the context of the fight against addiction, “My personal opinion is that the state is better able to exercise effective control that private interests.
Without the voice of the opposition voted against the renewal process was launched. Next step: choosing the future délégataireLe municipal debate on the launch of a new procedure for public service delegation of casino gaming has led to a fundamental question: should we keep such establishment in Grasse? The two opposition groups have raised the issue before voting against the resolution before them.
Patrice Cattaert (Grasse at all) was first rebelled against the notion of “public service” contiguous to a casino … “Attention! he warned, the service missions: establishing a supply of gambling, a range of catering and a bar for the players, organizing events … of bingo, for example. And of course, it must respect the principles of equality for users and service continuity. It would thus be a real public service, with “missions” for “users”. And at the same time, the Post Office or hospital, the directions have evacuated those words. Now they manage the “business” for “clients”. Then queries the elected, when a Pole public banking maneuvers to stop immoral bankers and speculators? (…); To when a public housing service, when you know that 70% of people in our department have an income level corresponding to the criteria of accessibility to social housing? If some feel a vital need to have a casino to satisfy their desires to be plucked, they are a small minority. Grasse expectations in terms of public service needs are quite different from those of gambling activities for which there is also a serious risk of addiction and family and social dramas. ”
Bruno Giclee: “A casino is not relevant”
Print Bruno, meanwhile, recalled the recent history of the casino – “financial difficulties, frivolous spending should recover from that institution (note, the former director Patrick Cho), the conflict between groups and Boucau Partouche , etc.. “- Before asking the question too angry. “The presence of a casino in Grasse is relevant? For our purposes, the answer is no. ”
And the president of Grasse is you … to argue “First, the potential customer goes to the casinos coast rather than here, not to mention competition from online gaming sites that gave a serious blow to the leaders of casino groups whose activities fall Free. Then we are in financial crisis and the player can no longer afford (…) More generally, we do not agree with your project because we are not conducive to the escalation of making people believe they can make money while playing. ”
So much for the exchange of views.
It remains to return to the heart of the debate … “The old public service concession expires in December 2011. It was therefore necessary to anticipate this and restart a new DSP, said the mayor. It has nothing to do with the situation of the casino. It is a necessary formality. ”
A procedure, voted by a majority that will allow some time in appointing the new delegate. Side applications, we will not betray any secrets, stating that not rushing to the gate. The only certainty Boucau group, now the sole shareholder of the casino, is a candidate to his succession.
Only poker full advantage of the opening to competition from online gambling. The paris sports suffer from an illegal bid most advantageous.
“It is easier to win the jackpot in the lottery that the markets traded online gaming, very open, very competitive and highly taxed. “At a seminar organized by CM-CIC Securities, Christian Auzanneau analyst investment subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel, has little incentive to move all its customers in favor of game companies. He also predicted a concentration of industry in France, where 32 companies operate.
Since the Act of May 12, 2010, which ended the monopoly of the PMU and French games, companies that exercised from abroad were legalized, as Zeturf or BetClick, now No. 1 sports paris (46% market, 1 million customers). Poker immediately pulled out of the game with higher stakes than expected to 2.4 billion euros and an estimated potential of $ 6 billion. Christian Auzanneau is less optimistic: “In Northern Europe, the number of players has already begun to decline. We’ll know soon if the hype is coming to an end. ”
Side of paris horse, the analyst considers that there is “no market in France, where the PMU is ever-present. The future belongs to dull the least likely to paris athletes, who benefit from free publicity and permanent, that the hype around big events. ”
However, the kickoff of the sector is winded: in six months, and despite the World Cup, the French bet EUR 350 million, mainly on football matches, or “25 to 40% less than that hoped, advance Philippe Germond, Chief of the PMU. Because of significant investments (bookmakers, advertising), this new activity of the PMU will not be profitable this year and should enable to retain and rejuvenate clients. Bwin , despite an increase of 50% of its customers after the regulatory displays similar results to what they once were, the difference coming in the coffers of the state.
The level of fees is also debate: 7.5% on bets players they represent, after payouts, a 60% levy on business revenues, “says Nicolas Beraud, CEO of Everest Group BetClick . According to him, “3 to 4 times more than in Italy or England.” He also criticizes the French rule preventing donate over 85% of winnings to players, against 95% in other countries. This push, he said, Internet users to foreign sites, where they earn more, and may also, in spite of significant risks, casino or lottery, banned from competition in France. These “illegal” websites account for between 15% and 50% of the market for online games, according to traders.
Jean-François Vilotte, Chairman of the Authority to regulate online gaming talks to Metro.
What is your assessment of the six months of opening to competition from Internet gambling?
It is in line with the objective of the legislation, which was to switch the illegal offer to supply legal. Taking the example of the market for sports paris, it was estimated that the French are spent each year one billion euros before the regulation. Last month, it was already approaching the 400 million euro put on legal sites. Illegal sites are becoming marginalized.
Traders say that with the current regulatory framework they fail to be profitable. What do you say?
The legislature’s objective was that the changeover to the legal supply occurs without explosion of application: online games, this is not a trivial economic sector. There are risks of addiction, we must protect minors, worrying about the ethics of competitions, fight against money laundering … This can produce contrasting judgments on the market. Some estimate that this is not the paradise they expected. But this was not the purpose of the law nor the estimates which were those of public authorities at the base.
The same operators claim that the law too restrictive, could encourage fraud …
It was a speech I hear. It will surely be developed, and this is normal, by operators in connection with the clause revoyure. But if this means that an underground economy, not subject to tax, can be potentially more attractive than a regulated activity, it is a bit of a truism. The question is whether there is an equilibrium point satisfying.