French poker tax change welcome, ChiliPoker boss says 27/07/2009
Jake Pollard
The boss of top French poker brand ChiliPoker has expressed relief at the French government’s decision not to go ahead with online poker tax plans that would have seen it tax player stakes at 2%.
Speaking to EGRmagazine.com, ChiliPoker chief executive Alexandre Dreyfus expressed his relief, and that of the France-focused online poker industry’s, at the government decision.
“We are all very glad that we were consulted by the French government and that our views were taken seriously. Although the set up is not ideal - we want to be able to offer French players the possibility to play against players from other countries, especially for tournament games - the hope is that legislation will evolve with time,” Dreyfus said.
It is estimated that the French government’s total tax take will be around 30% of all the pots generated by operators. The revised system will allow online poker operators to offer a more competitive environment to customers and grow the game in France.
In other French news recently, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) described the French government’s plan to make operators pay sport federations for the right to offer markets on their events as “highly problematic”.
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Posted: 27/07/2009
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