Party Poker leaving France?

[Thomas Luice]

I've got the following email form partypoker:
Update on wagers from France
Posted by Affiliate Team @ 6:43 pm

Dear Affiliate,
With effect from 23rd February 2007, PartyGaming will no longer accept wagers from new customers based in France. New customers resident in France or accessing our servers from France will no longer be able to make a deposit although they will be able to able to use our play money services.
Please note that existing customers will still be able to use all our services.
If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact your account manager

Affiliate Team
PartyPartners"

Any more information?

[Mark Collins]

Yes, this is in anticipation of the United States' takeover of France later this year.

[Mike Haven]

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Yes, this is in anticipation of the United States' takeover of France later this year.


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vnh!

[zion]

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[HSB]

Does this mean Party is a bunch of cheese eating surrender monkeys?

[solucky]

The biggest problem is that Party had a real chance to win on the european court, but seems they are not interested. So the next ones are the netherlands and germany ?? And i only want say many of the US-withdrawals run over german banks. The next door that close ?

[pwrpkr]

Try this link for more info: http://interactif.blogs.liberation.f..._anti_pok.html

[Nick-Zack]

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Try this link for more info: http://interactif.blogs.liberation.f..._anti_pok.html

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Voté! Le projet de loi de prévention de la délinquance a été adopté par les députés, hier dans la nuit. Pour rappel, ce texte un peu fourre-tout contient quelques dispositions visant à bannir les jeux d'argent et paris en ligne. Il s'agit notamment de geler, via les banques, les transferts d'argent des pokerrooms vers les joueurs, d'obliger les FAI à signaler à leurs abonnés les sites illégaux et de reprimer séverement toute publicité pour les sites illégaux. Le gouvernement devrait demander la constitution d'une commission mixte paritaire (sénateurs et députés), avant une séance publique prévue le jeudi 22 février, soit la semaine prochaine, qui tiendra lieu d'examen définitif. Les dispositions anti-jeux online pourraient ne s'appliquer ensuite que dans six mois (selon certaines sources, mais nous préciserons cela vite), en fonction des délais de promulgation des décret d'applications. Mais bon, on s'approche clairement de la fin du feuilleton législatif, et du début des emmerdes pour quelques uns.

[TheScientist]

Alta Vista Babel Fish says:

The law anti poker online adopted (almost) definitively

Images2 Voted! The bill of prevention of the delinquency was adopted by the deputies, yesterday in the night. For recall, this text a little hold-all contains some provisions aiming at banishing the money plays and bets on line. It is in particular a question of freezing, via the banks, the transfers of money of the pokerrooms towards the players, to oblige the FAI to announce to their subscribers the illegal sites and of reprimer séverement any publicity for the illegal sites. The government should ask for the constitution of an equal Joint Committee (senators and deputies), before a public meeting envisaged Thursday February 22, that is to say the next week, which will hold place of final examination. The provisions anti-plays online could apply then only in six months (according to certain sources, but we will specify that quickly), according to the times of promulgation of the decree of applications. But good, one approaches clearly the end of the legislative serial, and the beginning of the emmerdes for some.

[NoMeansYes_]

WHAT? [censored] NO