All eyes are focused on the French betting industry. A complete new gaming law will see the light in a couple of weeks, and will bring in 2010 a first sports betting liberalization/privatization in France, with its 64 million in habitants.
 
All involved operators are already in their starting blocks. They are the following interested contenders, such as Intralot, OPAP, Stanleybet, Ladbrokes, Österreichische Lotterien, Lottomatica, Unibet, Paf, BetClic, bwin Interactive Entertainment, Betfair, Everest Poker and its subsidiary of GigaMedia etc.