France are currently chasing a top celebrity for endorsing a non-state poker room – if you can read French:
http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/people/0,,3372639,00-patrick-bruel-entendu-par-.html
And as for the other EU countries – the regulation is aimed at games that aren’t pure chance, so poker will be allowed. Pure casino games will be outlawed.
Basically are we looking at a future where only minor countries and the UK can play fully online?
And what will happen when neteller start pulling out, we are surely doomed to focus on the Albion! (UK) What of the Scandinavians?