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reportsFrench media reports are indicating more online gambling-hostile moves shaping up in the French National Assembly. Surprise surprise, two amendments to a bill will enable banks to “freeze the financial flows of people operating prohibited games on the internet” and compel internet service providers to furnish users with a list of sites banned by the French Ministry of the Interior. This is basically a move which reminds us of what is going on in Italy and Usa at the moment.

The Financial Times reports on a warning by the Gambling Commission that the licensing regime will have to be tightened if it leads to an increase in betting addicts.
The Daily Mail says PartyGaming’s Mitch Garber must be “ruing the collapse of the company’s share price” after he exercised his options on another 583,333 shares which would have been worth £904,000 in May but are now worth £154,000. The Mail adds that the 27 million share options granted to him when he joined the firm will vest over the next four years and are still worth £7.2m.

Neteller has launched two new versions of its alternative payments solutions for Poland and Turkey. The group also highlighted the recent addition of its refer-a-friend and live chat features to its product.

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