{"id":8072,"date":"2025-01-10T11:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?p=8072"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:31:07","slug":"paris-gambling-clubs-close-amid-political-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2025\/01\/10\/paris-gambling-clubs-close-amid-political-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200b\u200bParis Gambling Clubs Close Amid Political Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>France<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>online casino<\/strong> regulatory development will continue in the new year, but a Budget is desperately needed by gambling stakeholders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Paris\u2019s gaming clubs forced to close on 31 December due to <strong>Michel Barnier<\/strong>\u2019s government being brought down over MPs\u2019 rejection of the country\u2019s 2025 Budget, the establishments\u2019 employees are currently \u201cpartially unemployed\u201d and the government has agreed to pay them 60% of their salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The larger operators have agreed to contribute the remaining 40% of their staff\u2019s wages for a few more months, but the near-term future for the clubs remains deeply uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The French government returns to official duty on 13 January and the clubs, which generated<strong> \u20ac120m <\/strong>in GGR during the past 12 months and \u20ac10m in taxes to local budgets and \u20ac40m for the state, are hoping that a new Budget can be voted through in Q1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>S\u00e9bastien Leclercq<\/strong>, CEO of <strong>Circus Casino France<\/strong>, told French media that the Ministries of the Interior and Labour had been \u201creceptive\u201d to the clubs\u2019 needs and \u201ctried to help\u201d as much as they could, but without the legal framework provided by the Budget they were unable to do more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, the clubs will continue to feel the unforeseen impact of the political chaos that has enveloped France since President <strong>Macron\u2019s<\/strong> decision to call elections in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next set of parliamentary elections is scheduled for July 2025, if Macron dissolves parliament, but another confidence vote could be called before then if his opponents get enough support. Should centrist PM Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou\u2019s government lose it, the French president could be forced to form a third government in barely a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the online casino regulatory project, working groups focused on consumer protection, the public health aspects of legalisation and the potential economic impact of iCasino on France\u2019s land-based casinos are expected to continue meeting. However, until a Budget is agreed and voted through, the uncertainty will continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/sbceurasia\">Telegram channel<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France\u2019s online casino regulatory development will continue in the new year, but a Budget is desperately needed by gambling stakeholders.&nbsp; With Paris\u2019s gaming clubs forced to close on 31 December due to Michel Barnier\u2019s government being brought down over MPs\u2019 rejection of the country\u2019s 2025 Budget, the establishments\u2019 employees are currently \u201cpartially unemployed\u201d and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,1,24],"tags":[2157,11090,11087,788,11091,11088,10075,99,11089],"class_list":["post-8072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino","category-igaming","category-news","category-regulations","tag-budget","tag-circus-casino-france","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-france","tag-francois-bayrou","tag-gambling-clubs","tag-michel-barnier","tag-online-casino","tag-sebastien-leclerc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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