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Online casino operators are aware that because each country has its own regulations they must constantly be looking out for new legislation in every country where they have customers. Rules and regulations are always changing.
One example of this is in France, where online gambling laws changed earlier this month.
When France opened up its online gambling market to overseas operators they also hit these businesses with a 2% tax increase.
Most operators immediately decided they did not want to take this hit to their own profits and therefore passed on the tax increase to their customers. This brought the cash game rakes up to 7.7%
Poker players in France were understandably outraged.
One innovative way for players to show their displeasure has been to sign up to a poker table, but not actually take part in the game, causing maximum disruption. This form of protest seems to be spreading.
Site operators are saying that they have been losing money every since France changed its online gambling laws. However, it seems that players are determined to continue protesting until the 2% tax is repealed, or at least, not passed on to players.
It is interesting to keep an eye on what is happening in the world of online casinos, as it is a truly global operation, and what happens in one country may well happen elsewhere.
Whilst Australian online gambling remains unregulated and therefore of no tax interest to the Government, this is something that will not make any difference to players here, certainly for the foreseeable future.
