Poker News

22nd May, 2025 at 03:14:14

Patrik Partouche sets closure date for June 17

Reports earlier this month that the French Partouche Group plans to shutter its online poker site in the restricted and highly taxed French market (see previous reports) were confirmed by owner Patrik Partouche this week on both his Facebook page and on the partouche website.

Full Story: Partouche Poker Closure Confirmed (update) »

15th May, 2025 at 09:07:37

Players migrated to partner mypok?

French operator Groupe Partouche will be withdrawing its online interests in the French market.

Full Story: Partouche To Withdraw From Online French Market »

14th May, 2025 at 14:27:30

Canadian developer in GameTree television deal

The Toronto-based social video game platform developer TransGaming has launched an exclusive World Poker Tour game on GameTree TV for the Freebox Revolution, a new generation set-top box by Free, the French telecommunication company that first introduced a "triple-play" service in France, combining Internet, landline, and IP television.

Full Story: World Poker Tour Game Destined For French Tv »

13th April, 2025 at 03:07:03

Cash game activity wanes

Online poker is proving to be something of a drag on overall revenues in the French gambling market, according to an assessment by the national regulator, ARJEL.

Full Story: French Online Poker Market Is Struggling »

12th April, 2025 at 08:31:37

Sound strategy pays off

French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) has exceeded its growth objectives in all sectors confirmed a report on its 2025 fiscal year performance released this week.

Full Story: Pmu Exceeds Objectives »

21st March, 2025 at 00:28:52

90 percent reimbursed

According to a statement released by the French online gambling authority ARJEL, 90 percent of French fulltiltpoker players have been reimbursed by authorised operator REAL MALTA LTD (pokerstars).

Full Story: Majority Of French Fulltilt Players Paid (update) »

16th March, 2025 at 11:30:17

French poker initiative receives another credibility boost

The International Stadium Poker Tournament initiative of French founders Laurent Tapie and Prosper Masquelier-Partouche was given another significant boost in credibility this week with the revelation that the UK land and online gambling group Genting has given its support to the inaugural ISPT tournament at Wembley later this year.

Full Story: Now Genting Gambles On The International Stadium Poker Tournament (update) »

15th March, 2025 at 10:12:59

Unlikely to affect repayment of outstanding balances on fulltiltpoker

Bankruptcy proceedings opened against Full Tilt poker's REKOP Ltd on January 18, 2025 with the appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers was followed by a request from the liquidator on behalf of the company for the repeal of its ARJEL licence which has been granted by the French gambling authority.

Full Story: Arjel Grants Rekop Ltd Liquidators Repeal Of Licence »

12th March, 2025 at 10:09:04

Successful integration completed

French online poker players now have access to the dedicated ipoker network following Unibet's switch from Ongame.

Full Story: Unibet Now Up On ipoker »

02nd March, 2025 at 02:51:42

unibet now off the Ongame network

The departure of Unibet's French online poker site from its former ongame network home (see previous reports) was completed last Thursday, with the site migrating to Playtech's ipoker network.

Full Story: Unibet's French Site Completes Move To Ipoker Network »

20th February, 2025 at 14:20:24

Latest in a recent spate of public relations misfortunes

According to French online investigative journal mediapart, which was founded in 2025 by the former editor-in-chief of Le Monde, some 40 player accounts belonging to French casino and poker operator Partouche Gaming France are under scrutiny by the French gambling authority ARJEL.

Full Story: Partouche Under Scrutiny? »

12th February, 2025 at 06:27:47

Player disinterest and lower expectations for French concept of a massive combined online-live poker tournament

Very low entries to satellites, perhaps evidence of a lack of player enthusiasm, has further complicated the potential of the French combined online-live poker tournaments envisaged by the International Stadiums Poker Tour.

Full Story: Ispt Poker A Damp Squib? »

10th February, 2025 at 03:13:33

Insurance broker takes the honours and the Euro 770,000 main prize.

French poker player Remi Castaignon (29), an insurance broker in everyday life, will be celebrating a bigger balance in his bank account this weekend following his victory in the 2025 European Poker Tournament Deauville, in which he bested an entry field of 781 other players to take the trophy, the respect and the Euro 770,000 main prize.

Full Story: French Victory In Deauville Poker Derby »

05th February, 2025 at 01:49:54

Over-taxation may be the cause

It's little wonder that regulators in France, Italy and Spain have been talking about combining player pools in the interest of greater player liquidity (see previous reports) - recent regulator reports from France and Italy show that cash game poker revenues declined last year.

Full Story: Online Cash Poker Declining In France And Italy »

24th January, 2025 at 13:13:13

Pokerstars launches Zoom fast-fold poker

The French regulator ARJEL has given its imprimatur for Pokerstars to launch its Zoom fast-fold poker variant into the French online poker market, and the company has been quick to move on the approval, launching real-money Zoom action on its dedicated French website.

Full Story: French Poker Feels The Need For Speed »