The rise in popularity of online casinos is not without consequence for the traditional casinos. For a professional poker player, the opportunity to play 15 complete tables of its limit in the comfort of his apartment at the time he wants is not equivalent. It is often a luxury which he could no longer happen. This is probably less true for other games such as slot machines and roulette for example, casinos but this is for Texas Hold'em.
This is why since 3 years, several french casinos have seen a decline of about 20% of their turnover. Anticipating the worst, some casino owners now want to invest in the online world. Those who know this world a little know that the competition is pretty fierce.
Since the official opening of the poker online France (on 30 June), the regulatory authority of the games (Arjel) online gave 21 38 approvals to poker rooms, including six casinos groups representing three quarters of the 197 casinos.
For information, the four major groups of casinos are Partouche (47 casinos), barrier (35 casinos) Joa (20 casinos) and edge (16 casinos).
This month will be ci launched a poker online site by the barrier group. You can access (in the month), at the following address: www.barrierepoker.fr. "" The spokesman for the Group launched in an interview with AFP: "[we have] quickly analyzed online as a growth relay games and the opportunity to".
The barrier group does not see the online casinos and poker rooms online as being successors of traditional casinos, but as an extension of these.
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