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The book of poker, "Secrets of NL Hold'em Short Handed", translated in French will surely keep company all passionate of poker in their long winter evenings. This work of Danny Ashman, written a few months ago, was effectively published in French to give satisfaction to French speaking people keen on poker of this very good lesson of NL Hold'em Short Handed. The author is used to games of poker no-limit with $200/400 blinds, what would seem rather thin at first sight, but at the end, players are brought to play with $40,000 stack. As everybody knows it, No Limit Hold'em Short Handed is a rather dangerous variant, your stack can disappear for a mere nothing and you can also bring down your opponent with a good blow.

The first edition of the Ceasars’ Cup announced since a few months as the new poker event kept well its promise. Remind us that Ceasar’s Cup is for poker what is Rayder Cup for golf, which is a confrontation between the New World and the Old continent. Both teams were formed by 8 players led by a captain. The Team Europe had on the top the champion of the Main Event of the WSOP Europe 2006; Annette Obrestad. It belongs to the Canadian and four times winner of the WSOP, Daniel Negreanu to lead the American team. London, the city which receives also the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe had accommodated this first Ceasar’s Cup. In the final, the score was clear, the youth had beaten the skilled, and Team America yielded face to the European team. This last one won 4 of the five competed matches.

Poker is doubtless one of the disciplines which abound in records of all kinds. The latest is the one established by Paul Zimbler outside the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) which takes place now in the English capital. The professional English poker player has just smashed the record of the world longest set of Heads up's. The man played during more than 74 hours in a row, 8 minutes better than Dave Caine. This new exploit was made with the aim of raising funds for the benefit of the Foundation Make-A-Wish. At the end of the series of competition, Paul Zimbler posted 183 contests on his counter. Even more surprising matter, in spite of the exhaustion left by 4 consecutive days of poker he recorded only 82 defeats among 101 victories. Big sizes of poker as Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth or Mike Matusow came to face Zimbler.

Since the popularization of poker, the world broadcasting scene abounds in emissions about this game. The Australian television channel "One" will offer to its TV viewers a new broadcast emission on poker, the first episode will be screened on Saturday the 26th September. It is the ancient Australian world champion Joe Hachem (winner of the Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker) who will animate this new show baptized "The Poker Star". This reality TV has for ambition to reveal the new champion of the Australian world. As in most of reality TV show, candidates will have to live in the same place during all the duration of the emission. Various events will be proposed to them until the explosion of the bubble or when there will be only a single survivor. More than 18,000 candidates appeared in the castings for the emission which was realised in entire Australia.

September was a period of success for the French poker. While the public still has in mind Thomas Bichon's victory during the World Poker Tour of Cyprus or exploits of the French people in the World Series of Poker Europe, there is another Frenchman shining in the World Poker Tour. Olivier Busquet has just gained the World Poker Tour of Atlantic City (WPT) called Borgata Poker Open. The Frenchman was among the 1018 players who took departure of this sixth stage of the World Poker Tour. It is a question there of the most mattering field of all the tournament history. This strong influx is doubtless due to the rather low buy-in which was fixed at $3,500. With this beautiful victory, Olivier Busquet gains a 925,514 dollar prize.

By waiting for the opening of the market of online games on the French territory, operators in this sector already anticipate possible evolutions of the market. Since a few months, unexpected partnership between companies of games like that of Free with Chiligaming or that of the SBM and Mangas Capital were seen. Casino operators who are the main victims of this opening also want to have their place, for it, they decided to dash into the online game. Effectively, in front of the decrease of the attendance of casinos, owed partially to the emergence of websites of online games, it is natural to see them joining this quite new expected market opening recently.

Vinnie Vinh re-appears at the front of poker stage after having disappeared from the circulation during about ten months. He has just signed a winning coming back by gaining a tournament organized by a site of online game. Questions burst in the world of poker and everybody wondered about the disappearance of Vinnie Vinh after his big exploit in the tournament of the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Vinnie knew for the first time the glory by finishing at the 2nd position of a tournament of the World Poker Tour behind Antonio Esfandiari some years ago. He is above all a fearsome professional player because of his contemptible behaviour with croupiers and players. He is also known for his affection for illicit substances, it was not rare to see this player arriving completely drunk in a tournament.

With the preparation of the finale of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) which will take place in Las Vegas in November, the qualified player in this November Nine tournament but also owner of the magazine of poker Cardplayer, Jeff Shulman requested the services of a coach. The trainer whom he chose is his friend Phil Hellmuth. Jeff Shulman has already made some wonderful performances by getting paid places at big events of poker as WPT or WSOP but the supreme title of a Main Event is missing for him. The idea to be helped by a coach came to him by seeing the evolving of the golf player Tiger Woods in the television. He wondered why not to apply the principle of coaching in poker. He considers that the presence of a coach can improve the game of a player.

The phenomenon of the world poker Tom Dwan aka "Durrr" has just added a new record on his hunting board. The exploit took place during the TV program "One million Dollars Cash Game" played outside the World Series of Poker of London. Tom "Durrr" Dwan has just won the biggest pot of all time in a televised game of poker. $919, 000 of the previous record which were already colossal are thrown to dungeon, the new sum to be remembered are the phenomenon $1,000, 000 dollars. The 2009 edition gathered monuments of poker High Stakes live and online as Chris Ferguson, Patrik Antonius, Bloke Hansen, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Howard Lederer, Doyle Brunson, David Benyamine or Justin Smith what did not make the task easier to the young American miracle; he who has already lost a big half-million dollar of pot for the benefit of the Finn Patrick Antonius. Patrick who will be also his opponent during the "Challenge durrrr". Even if he was in a very dangerous position at a moment, the American knew how to knock over the steam to his advantage.

"Advertising Standards Authority” in England, the equivalent of CSA in France, has just disapproved the new advertising of an online game website. Indeed, the British authority thinks that the advertising could have psychological incidences on English youth. The promotion in question stages the Norwegian young Annette Obrestad and advances her pseudo Annette_15. ASA considers that the use of the image of a young player of poker at the top of his glory by letting understand that this one is only 15 years old can only incite young people to go on platforms of online game, therefore the approach was considered reprehensible and against the law.

To the general surprise, it is the British David La Ronde who wins the first English Open Poker which took place in the North of the English capital. The Swedish Michael Tureniec who was the big favourite finished at the second position; him who was nevertheless chipleader at the beginning of the final table with 450,000 chips. Throughout the final table, La Ronde knew how to fluctuate his experiences by beginning with 243,000 chips. On the final hand, both players made an all-in, the Swede had a KT whereas La Ronde possessed A7. The board turns out of no utility for both players. By relegating Michael Tureniec at the second position, David La Ronde collected the sum of £208,367 which is the most important gain of his career.

Aficionados of video games from the very beginning will surely still have in mind the consoles of the Japanese mark Sega. Mark which knew its hour of glory till the beginning of 2000s, date which Sega stopped the manufacturing of games console to concentrate in the edition of video games. At present, Sega gets ready to launch into the market of online games. Not that of FPS or MMORPG but the gambling games sector as those proposed by the online casinos. To start its activity of online game, the Japanese company is going to prepare first of all the finalization of three sites. Internet users can find on these new typical different sites of games of chance poker or blackjack. The platforms of the company Sega will use Playtech software which is already much known in the world of online game.

French casinos have just launched a new formula to entice players of gambling machines who come less and less to casinos. Because of the crisis and of the emergence of online casinos, the measures of “no smoke” and the systematic control of identity cards at entrance, customers left little by little terrestrial casinos. Indeed, casinos knew a 10 % decrease of their turnover compared to 2007. 100 casinos among 197 that count France thus decided to connect their gambling machines since Thursday the 17th of September. 331 one-armed bandits of a new kind are interconnected in entire France, leaving in perspective a unique jackpot which is going to increase as players play it.

Certainly, organizers of poker tournament hadn’t lack of imagination. With the popularity of poker and its reputation, this game is played in a more or less unusual and original way. The latest is the tournament "Poker in the Sky", a tournament which took place in the Danish capital on September the 11th, 2009. The event was organized by an online poker room with Ace Magazine. 22 players took part in this little common tournament, because tables were hanged up at 50 metres above the city hall of Copenhagen. Spectators flocked together and had only to look upstairs to see this outstanding game of poker. The presence of two stars of the Danish media on the hanged table attracted little more passers-by’s attention.

September has been a splendour month for the French poker. After the crowning of Thomas Bichon during the World Poker Tour of Cyprus (WPT), it was Nicolas Paloniato's turn to shine. This one has just swiped the victory of the stage of the Spanish Poker Tour which took place in the Portuguese city of Vilamoura. This Portuguese stage of the Spanish Poker Tour succeeded well enough for French players because 3 others French finish the tournament "In The Money". The best second French performance was awarded to Stephan Fajg who finished at the third position during the tournament, David Colin arrives behind him with honourable eleventh position whereas to the young French miracle Antoine Saout appropriates was awarded the thirteenth position. This performance is going to put in confidence Antoine Saout's November nine before the finale of the World Series of poker of Las Vegas.

For the last stage before the great finale of Enghien, Barrier Poker Tour is going to the world capital of the wine from the 18th till the 20th of September. A €100,000 of prize pool will be in the menu of this Bordeaux stage. The event will be held in three days and will include 3 tournaments of qualifications on Friday, September the 18th. The meeting the most expected from this weekend will be naturally the Main Event with €1,500 buy-in, the winner of the final table will win a place for great national final at the Casino Barrier of Enghien. Three qualifying satellites for the Main Event will take place on Friday, September the 18th respectively at 2 pm, 6 pm and 9 pm. The Main Event won’t be the only attraction of this 5th regional weekend of Barrier Poker Tour because organizers concocted three secondary tournaments on Saturday, the 19th and Sunday the 20th of September without forgetting tables of Sit&Go.

The sentence pronounced by the European Court of Justice on Tuesday, September the 8th, 2009 could question the future of this last one to break State monopolies if online games and games of chance are concerned. Indeed, the European Court has just authorized Portugal to prohibit two private operators of online game on its territory. Georges Tranchant, chairs founder of the same name casinos admits to be very satisfied of this decision. He thinks that this decision is going to eliminate any eventuality of recourse to offending companies. Before these companies leaned on the position of the European Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy who was a fervent defender of liberalization of the online games sector.

The Englishman Sammy George was the fit man of the second edition of the poker tournament European Cash Game which took place in London. European Cash Game (ECG) as its name indicates is a competition of CG reserved only for professional poker players. This last edition was broadcasted in live on the biggest television station of gambling games in Europe: Poker Channel. To join this tournament, each player indeed has to appear with a buy-in of at least $10, 000. The event saw poker players' participation coming from entire Europe like Eric Liu (winner of the season 1), the Irishman Andy Black, Jens Kyllönen winner of the European Poker tour (EPT) of Copenhagen or both French Bruno Fitoussi and François Balmigère.

In expectation of the opening of online games and sports betting on Internet in 2010, both French actors of the sector are obliged to diversify their offers. For the Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU), the liberalization of online games establishes a real threat for its activity. Popular Sports as football risk darkening equestrian bets. In order to face the invasion of other operators, Philippe Germond the new president of PMU lets know that they are widening their tender of online bet to all sports. According to him, this strategy is going to allow PMU to wear down 20 to 25 % of the part of sports betting market that is more than €400 millions.

The new technologies contributed to the popularization of poker in the world, poker is henceforth no longer reserved for some categories of people who could go in casinos; everybody can have access to it easily. Since poker is on the road to success and since this discipline took up with the public, every big city owes to have its own festival of poker like "Poker in the Park" which takes place every year in the British capital, or the "Poker and Betting Show" for Paris. It is now the turn of Venice to be equipped with a festival of poker. The event already began since Monday, September the 14th and will come to end only on Sunday, September the 20th.

Since a few years, Scandinavian countries became a real cradle of champions of poker. Denmark appears with its numerous champions of poker as Bloke Hansen or Peter Eastgate. A lot of Danish professional players improved on websites of online poker. Since the emergence of these new champions, online poker had more and more success in Denmark and the country counts now not less than 50,000 players who are used to online game. But Danish Supreme Court of justice has however just ordered, quite recently, seizure of gains at online poker of an unemployed Danish aged of 35 years old, a gain around €26,000. The Justice considered that these increase were obtained from sites of offshore game or resulting from a foreign country since a machine situated in the Danish jurisdiction. So, the user had to submit himself to the Danish legislation.

The World Poker Tour Cyprus 2009 (WPT) which took place at the Casino-Hotel Merit Crystal Cove was certainly one of the most eminent events in Thomas Bichon's career. Indeed, this French poker player aged 32 years old has just won after 6 days of fierce competition the title, the bracelet as well as $579,165 of gain of this tournament. It is there his first title in a major tournament. Nevertheless, they were 189 players at the beginning of this World Poker Tour of Cyprus with the presence of several professional players. The Cyprian week was plentiful of surprises because no chipleader had survived in the second day. The televised final table of Saturday was played by six players and the heads-up was between the Frenchman and the Israeli Uri Keidar. Used to play in final tables, the Frenchman who had reached two final tables this summer had managed any big difficulty to win.

The verdict of the Spanish Poker event has just brought in. This year, the title was thus awarded to the American Carter Phillips who arises from an online qualification. He gains so $850,000 even if he is on professional circuit only since 11 months. European Poker Tour Barcelona (EPT) which took place in Gran Casino of Barcelona from the 4th till the 10th September saw the participation of 477 players among whom uncontested stars of poker as Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen, Robert Mizrachi, Carlos Mortensen, Peter Eastgate, Vanessa Rousso, Freddy Deeb, Ivan Demidov. The American who was chipleader of the tournament had appeared at the final table with 4.37 million chips. Carter Phillips so won the first big title of his career in a heads-up marathon played during more than three hours with the British veteran Marc Goodwin. Proof once again the excellent health of the young players of poker.

The International Poker Players Association (IPPA) has just launched on the circuit a tournament of poker out of the common. This new little unusual tournament has for peculiarity a buy-in fixed to $250,000 and a $12 millions prizepool of which $5 millions will go to the winner and $2.5 millions to the second. Numerous stages of qualification are in the program of this live tournament. Cyprus will welcome from the 13th till the 17th of September the first stage of this crazy bet launched by International Poker Players Association (IPPA). The tournament will be played in several levels; the first one is the qualification in a $1,800 shootout tournament which will allow players to reach the next stage, a $12,800 re-buy tournament. A third qualification will be organized if necessary, before reaching in an intermediate finale.

"Poker de Tournoi Plus" is the title given to the French translation of the American best-seller "Poker Tournament for Advanced Players ". The book was translated into French by François Montmirel who is used to translate American illustrious author like David Sklansky. Sklansky’s books became for some years a reference in gambling game field. The author is himself a professional of the game and an eminent scientist; he practises poker for almost four decades. His professional career was marked by 3 bracelets of the World Series of poker (WSOP). The original version published in 2002 was republished at the end of 2007 after some updates. The book which is a logical result of "Poker Theory" is intended for rather advanced players of poker who already have a certain experience of game.

The board of directors of Poker Hall of Fame has just reduced to 9 the number of the nominated persons for this year 2009. At first, there were 10 players susceptible to enter this temple of legend of poker but the council has just opposed firmly to Tom Dwan's aka "Durrr" appointment in spite of the performance of this last one in online poker and its unmistakable quality of game. Tom Dwan arises from poker players' new generation who make the law on online poker planet. He was choosen by surfers via a system of online vote which took place between May to July.

The World Poker Tour stage (WPT) which took place in the capital of Slovakia did not entice a lot of people. They were only one hundred during the beginning of the tournament. This Slovak event was nevertheless supposed to attract poker players coming from central and Eastern Europe, according to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the World Poker tour, Steve Lips. This stage of the WPT in Bratislava was won by a regional player who is the Hungarian Richard Toth. Since the beginning of the tournament, he occupied all the time the position of chipleader behind Alec Torelli, a player used to big international tournaments and big tables of poker and who already won the fourth position during the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup.

The economic crisis which affected and which continues to get any business sector in the world did not spare casinos of Macao. But the tendency is on the way to reverse in favour of casinos of the island. Foreign and local investors can be delighted of the big good economic health of China after the period of recession. This economic situation of the most populated country in the world incites more and more Chinese to go to the Asian Las Vegas. The growth of about 8 % which China knew during the second quarter 2008 was felt at once by the industry of casino of the former Portuguese colony, they indeed made their best recipe on August of the same year.

The prohibition of online games could spread on the American continent. Actually, Brazilian politicians look into a law which could include elements of the American law UIGEA. Financial transactions between players and online game operators will be the first ones aimed by this law in progress. Internet Provider service will have also to block websites of online game settled outside Brazil under risk of prison sentence if the law is adopted. The President Lula de Silva hopes that this law will be applied before the end of year 2010. The project father, the senator Filho, recognizes that the bill was inspired by the American law and by the impact which this one had on the industry of online games.

After several tournaments through France, the last step of Partouche Poker Tour Season II took place at Palm Beach casino of Cannes on Sunday, September the 6th, 2009. For this second season, the Partouche group offered once again a memorable event of poker. This, in spite of a lukewarm pre-tournament and American stars less numerous than during the season I. But international stars as Phil Laak, Antonio Esfiandari, Erik Seidel, Roland De Wolfe or also Noah Schwartz and Mike Matusow had answered all the same about their presence in this French appointment. The name of new finalists who will participate to the Main Event on November is henceforth known.

While everybody is still speculating on the name of the winner of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2009, the WSOP 2010 programs already circulate on poker scene. According to the declarations of the Communication Director of the World Series of poker, Seth Palansky, the at $40,000 tournament anniversary as well as the Champions Invitational won’t probably be programmed anymore at the list of the meeting next year in spite of the success of the tournament. It seems that World Series of Poker organizers are anxious and want only to keep it as an exceptional tournament. They are afraid that the Main Event would be under cover of the $40,000 tournament and could then lose its prestigious side.

Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), aims in theory to prevent American citizens to go on online game websites, but the reality is quite other. Indeed, it is practically impossible to control websites which propose gambling games. Moreover, Americans continue to devote to their passion via web portals of online games based in other countries and websites which offer solutions of electronic purse. To oppose this law, the association of poker players and Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative united their strengths to put pressure on the Congress for several months. Online game sites also inject millions of dollars in operations of lobbying since a few times.

The journalist and the poker emission commentator Lionel Rosso, a person who knows very well this environment has just published a new book about poker. Entitled "Life is poker", this book reveals the own vision of poker of this presenter who has already commented the Word Poker Tour beside Patrick Bruel. In this work, he invites readers to discover the hidden face of poker. According to the author, every situation of everyday life can be transposed into a situation in poker; he compares poker game with our diverse ways of functioning in the daily life. This presentation, many years' fruit spent to dissect and to comment on tournaments and big tables of the planet, is also based on the recent works published by the biggest American researchers.

In British Columbia, with the aim of creating new sources of income, the company of game “Lottery Corporation” intends to propose online games. The company has indeed just announced that its web site is going to offer from the first quarter 2010 online games as black jack, roulette, poker… In four years, an extra 100 millions dollars of turnover is expected. If Lottery Corporation brought a successful conclusion to this project, it would be the big first one on the American continent when we know that no North American government authorizes online games up to here. Every year, British Columbia inhabitants spend more than $87 millions on sites of offshore online game and Lottery Corporation does not want to let to go this financial windfall. "All this money goes to fiscal paradise as Antigua, it would be preferable to return it to the country", the Lottery Corporation general manager Michael Graydon, asserted.

France Poker Tour which took place in the Carrousel du Louvre on Sunday was the theatre of a little common scene. Indeed, the tournament was suddenly interrupted by the arrival of people of the police of games. The reason of this descent is that the company co-organizer of France Poker Tour still has no French license of game operation. This one is thus still in the illegality according to French law although to the company has an English license. The police of games seized trophies on which was marked the company name organizer of the tournament. This company is an online poker room co-founded by Patrick Bruel, Marc Simoncini (chairman and managing director of Meetic), Alexandre Roos and Christophe Schaming (founders of Caramail). These four men will have to wait again until 2010 for an application of the French license but this sprain could become a bad point for their candidature.

This weekend, the surprise came from Ramzi Jelazzi during the San Remo stage of the Italian Poker Tour (EPT). Indeed, the young Swedish poker player 22 years old has just won the Main Event of the Italian Poker Tour. Even if the event could entice only Italian players, the final table of this last edition was constituted by 90 % of Italians. Ramzi Jelazzi was the only one non Italian having seat around the table. In spite of the language barrier, the young Swedish dominated his opponents with a very aggressive game, characteristic of Scandinavian players. During his interview, he considered the competition as "easy". Ramzi Jelassi began the final table as chipleader, with a stack of 1,258,000 and confirms his status of chipleader by this victory. By the way of crowning, a check of €170,000 was awarded to him.

Operators of online game can finally be delighted. Indeed, Le Figaro published in its edition of September the 1st, 2009 that the bill concerning the opening of the French market of online gambling games has the European Union approval. In June, the European Commissioner in charge of Company and Industry, Günther Verheugen, had noticed the risks of incompatibility with the European law, concerning the free service performance of the services in the Union and France risked pursuits by the Commission for community offence. The French State had to bring some modifications to its initial project. On August the 27th, the European Union appeared more favourable after the addition of amendments to the initial project. In all, France will have to accept licenses delivered in other countries of the Union. Nevertheless, operators of online game will have to apply for a license to be able to operate in France. Operators will not have to have a unique correspondent in France.

The first edition of the Ceasar’s Cup organized within the framework of the World Series of Poker Europe of London promises to be fascinating because it is going to welcome numerous big names of poker world. During the first announcement, we knew that the captain of Team Europe Anette Obrestad had chosen the rising stars of French poker Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Dario Minieri and Peter Eastgate to support the European team. As for Team America, the choice of their captain Daniel Negreanu had concerned John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey to strengthen the American armada. But recently, names of four big sizes of poker were added to the first already impressive list. The legend of poker Doyle "Dolly" Brunson and Jennifer Harman were called in turn to defend colours of the New World whereas Patrik Antonius and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies will be the new recruits of the Team Europe

After a participation in the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the "Prince of Poker" is back on the world scene of poker. Scotty Nguyen passes in Europe to participate in the European Poker Tour of Barcelona. For this awaited return, leaving Spain empty-handed would be for him inconceivable thing as he announced: "I go there to gain and pocket money, baby! ». The legend of poker known and recognized for his talent, but also by his legendary swaggers launched this year a challenge just like his character. Indeed, before the World Series of Poker (WSOP) he declared publicly that he would leave the circuit of poker if he would not succeed in gaining at least $4 millions during the WSOP 2009. But his results were disastrous, less than $40,000 of gain. We sometimes wonder if this announcement aimed only at creating a media buzz around him and his new sponsor.

Contrary to its "cousin" the online casino, which the crisis seems to benefit, physical casinos undergo quite hard this context. To support their activities, the French Government had promised measures to casino operators. These measures have just been promulgated in the French official gazette dated by the 28th August 2009. By reviewing tax schedules of game gross products, the State offers to casinos tax gift around € 40 millions. These measures were more than necessary, because the next opening of online gambling games market will still put physical casinos in a delicate situation when we know that competition between the two worlds is already fierce. Two of three Government measures have just been translated in the facts. The decree No. 2009-937 of the 29th July 2009 facilitates renewal and the increase park of slot machine but also simplifies permission demands. The decree No. 2009-1035 active since August the 28th concerns thresholds of the schedule tax on the gross products of game.

In 2008, the Swiss lotteries and bets Commission, including sports betting (Comlot) has opened 30 documents of illegal activities and has lodged several denunciations. Comlot is an independent organ created in 2006 by the Swiss cantons to supervise lotteries and bets in Switzerland and approve the new games as online bets. Facing the boom of online games, it asked a better application of prohibitions. The Committee considers that unlike classic games of chance (lottery using numbers, sports betting and scratch tickets), the net benefits of these online games are not paid or shared to Lottery Fund and to the cantons sport funds as well as the Swiss sport. Most online games companies have indeed practice mostly since tax havens.

The movement in Belgium of the Olympique Lyonnais last Tuesday, August the 25th within the framework of the play-off game of the Champions' League, during which this French club face the Belgian club of Anderlecht, was not appreciated by the Belgian justice. Players of the French club wearing shirt having on, name of its partner, a site of online game and sports betting was not indeed put up with Belgian authorities. The publicity of all things concerning online gambling game, online poker remains prohibited effectively on the Belgian territory. In the statements of the news agency Belga, the Olympique Lyonnais risks legal proceedings for violation of the law about gambling games. In this context, A Belgian centre of defence of consumers came to ask for the opening of judicial information by the Brussels’ public prosecutor's department.

It is good to remember that with the French new law on online games, gamble operators proposing services of sports betting are henceforth going to pay federations. In the future, operators of sports betting will risk prosecutions by federations in case of not conclusion of contracts of operation or if they did not receive the approval from them. Doubt flats right on whether if the current measures of the sport Code allow such control on over offers of bets. The adoption of this article is going to cross off any uncertainty. The section 52 of the bill, which aims first of all at the offers of sports betting, wants that the use for commercial purposes, of any characteristic element of the events or the sporting events, in particular their naming, their calendar, their data or their results, cannot be made without the consent from the owners of the exploitation rights.

The first step of the France Poker Tour held in Carrousel du Louvre from the 29th to the 30th of August encountered the desired success. This inaugural step drained 1,500 professional and amateur poker players. Like any respectable big poker tournament, France Poker Tour hadn’t take place without the presence of celebrities. Among these famous persons, the coming of the former French international football player Vikash Dhorasoo and the singer Patrick Bruel was noted. These two days had confirmed the success of poker in France. The participants, whose majority of them are poker online players and who played on Saturday their first live poker tournament, expected perhaps a weak "Frenchie" tournament but it was not the case.
 
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