Poker News – France’s regulated online poker market offers a good opportunity to score some good results and win easy money, according to online player Christoph, who plays under the moniker “SeryAce.” The Germany-based player tells PokerNews that France’s segregated market “does not allow players to progress with their game as fast as it happens on other sites.” After putting together some good results, such as a ninth-place finish in the 2010 MiniFTOPS Main Event worth $10,000, 24-year old Frankfurt-based student “SeryAce” started the year on a very good run at PokerStars with a fifth-place finish in the SCOOP-04-H €100…

From iGaming Business – Poker and betting operators licensed in France are still operating at a loss but managed to cut their operational losses by 50% to €85m during 2012, the French igaming regulator ARJEL announced on Wednesday 31 July. France’s regulatory body said operating results for the whole sector remained negative but losses had been cut by 50% and represented 12% of operators’ gross gaming revenues in 2012 against 27% in 2011. Most of the cost cutting had been done through significant reductions in marketing and sponsorship spend by the operators, in particular the online poker and sports betting…