MICROGAMING APPLIES FOR FRENCH ONLINE GAMBLING LICENSES

5/27/10 – Veteran online gambling software provider Microgaming  has announced the submission of three significant operator applications to the National Regulatory Authority of the French online gambling market the ARJEL, two of which are in collaboration with 888 Holdings plc.
 
Roger Raatgever, CEO, Microgaming said: “At Microgaming we stay ahead of the market and are delighted to announce that following the recent signing of a joint venture with 888 (see previous InfoPowa report), we have combined our efforts and successfully submitted operator license applications to the ARJEL. This is a milestone for us and marks the beginning of our first wave of applications, which we believe will see us rapidly establishing ourselves as market leaders in France.”
 
“The submission of these applications marks a step towards our launch in one of the strategically important European markets," said 888 chief executive Gigi Levy. "We look forward to developing the synergies of Microgaming’s brand presence and 888’s premium offering.”
 
Microgaming and 888 are continuing to work with a number of other operators.