"French Online Gamblers Have Found a Way to Bypass Restrictive Regulations"

In spite of the fact that in the United States, for some time now, online gambling has been quite popular, it is the European countries and in the United Kingdom where legislation with regard to the online gambling industry has been progressing, at a pace that is much faster than that in the U.S. For several years, Internet gambling has been popular in both France and England. The level of participation at Internet gambling sites in both countries is at a high rate. Of these two countries however, France beats out Great Britain when it comes to online gambling casino attendance. France has the highest rate of participation and it is estimated that the French citizens are gambling at a rate that is two to three times that of British gamblers. In addition, they spend three times as much time at these sites as do their British compatriots. This is true even though land-based brick and mortar casinos are illegal in most parts of France. In addition to that, the only possibilities for online gambling in France are those made available through state-managed operations like the National Lottery or Pari Mutuel Urbain lotto. There is however, an inconsistency in EU policy with regard to online gambling. This inconsistency now makes it possible for French players to gain admission to online gambling sites by bypassing French law prohibiting online gambling.

Most of the software available at such online casinos requires high-speed broadband connections in order to enjoy and the current increase in the availability of such connections is one possible factor that has led to the increased popularity of online casinos in France. There are Internet analysts however, who aren’t sure whether the increased availability of broadband connections has been fueling the growth of the online gambling phenomenon or the growth in online gambling has forced a demand for faster high-speed Internet connections. Spain is one example of a country that has a large number of high-speed Internet connections but which spends relatively little time online at gambling casinos.