Among the current conditions, any operator who wishes to operate, and does not already hold approval, must before the start of business first obtain approval from the Regulatory Authority in order to offer online games in France.

Obtaining this approval will require filling out an application for approval from the ARJEL, who are responsible for verifying the operator’s ability to meet future obligations under the bill.

Panellists:
Alain Eskenazi, Marketing Manager, Spiral Solutions
Hervé de Kermadec, CEO, Legigame
Florent Skrakacz, Managing Director, LEXSI
Laurent Lévi, Application Security Expert, LEXSI

This session is, in essence, your “how-to” manual of applying for a French online gambling licence.

Speaker:
Perrine Pelletier, Associate, ULYS

This session we will look at the set of measures to combat unauthorised websites e.g. Money ban, IP filtering, criminal prosecution and measures against French partners who would advertise in favour of those websites.

Panellists:
Thibault Verbiest, Partner, ULYS

We will give you insight view for checking which means of payment are compliant with the online gambling law and whether the Payment Institution is authorized on French territory.

Panellists:
Cathie-Rosalie Joly, Attorney at Law, ULYS

To enable the future Authority for online gambling to monitor and oversee online gambling operations, their specifications will require that operators implement a technical device that ensures archiving of gaming data such that the completeness, integrity and confidentiality of these data are guaranteed.

The ‘vault’ is designed to ensure all the operations taking place between the licensee, the gaming operator and its customers are stored on a server which is then encrypted and which cannot be accessed by anyone other than the ARJEL. The Regulatory Authority will have access to the vault so it can check all the operations that take place on the server.

This session will provide our delegates with a full understanding of the implementation requirements to comply with the online gambling Authority.

Panellists:
Florent Latour, Managing Director, Dictao
Laurent Fournié, Chief Architect, Dictao
Francis Weill, Managed Services Director, COLT Telecommunications
Charles-Antoine Idrac, Founder and CTO, FriendBet

With consolidation the new trend in online gambling industry, this session will seek to examine whether there is a place for new financial investors and what they can expect on their ROI.

Speaker:
Paul Bougnoux, Founding Partner, Finance Largilliere
Henri de Bodinat, Managing Partner, Time Equity Partner

When applying for a sports betting license in France, you need to have an agreement with the Sports Federation responsible for the sport from which you take bets. This session will attempt to examine:

• How do you negotiate theses rights?
• What is best practice for successful and expedient negotiations?
• What are the Federations looking for?
• How to negotiate and obtain rights from sports betting federation?

Panellists:
Hervé Schlosser, CEO, France Pari
Jean-Marc Lassus, Fédération Française d’Equitation

As the French online gaming market opens and regulatory structure is imposed, actual market participation for both local and international operators will involve considerable planning. Brand development together with market recognition and acceptance are going to be paramount (particularly in a market where 25,000 illegal sites are already said to be operating).

This session will look at routes to rapid market entry through mergers and acquisition activity. It will also cover what you need to know about local advertising, affiliation, rules, standards and best practice approaches.

Panellists:
Sacha Kéchichian, Director General, Santa Media
Jean-Emmanuel Casalta, Director General, NPA Conseil
Stéphane Martin, Directeur Délégué, SNPTV

Once the bill becomes law a committee will be formed to monitor the success of the new rules and regulations. The Follow up Committee of the Law will provide a 12 month review outlining what they feel should be adjustment to the new implemented rules.

During this session, the committee will provide insight into the role of the newly formed group and outline the goals ande objectives for the year ahead.

Speaker:
Maxime Jaillet, Lawyer, GESTE