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“French Monopoly Seeks Ban on British Online Bookies”

Internet gambling may be banned by a 100 year old law!

Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU), a government-sanctioned gambling monopoly, is using a law enacted in 1891, over a hundred years ago, to try and stop foreign Internet gambling from poaching on its territory.

The law was originally meant as a means of preventing dishonest businessmen from establishing and operating gambling casinos while allowing the establishment of a government sanctioned gambling operator, PMU, which was considered to be more viable option than a prohibition on gambling.

The companies targeted for the suit are widespread. Among the better known are Sporting Bet and Stanley International, both British based, Bet and Win, a Gibraltar company and Mr. Bookmaker who is based in Malta. They have all vowed to stand together and fight the attempted ban, their argument being that that it is in violation of international trading agreements.

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