Straight out of the movie script, two warring friends are in a court battle over who should have over $3 million in winnings from a slot machine! In March this year Marie-Hélène Jarguel placed $70 equivalent into a slot machine in France. With her was her male friend Francis Sune who she considered her lucky charm and accompanied her often when she played the slots. 

The pair were enjoying the night out and Miss Jarguel put the money into the machine and Mr Sune then pressed the button. Then the unbelievable happened. They hit the jackpot of over $3 million! It was all joy and celebration at the free cash, and left Miss Jaruel with the cheque.

However one week later a lawyer that had been hired by Mr Sune, who is insisting that half of the money should be his, contacted her. 

The case is now in court and the judge is going to have to make a decision on who should have the money. Both parties are convinced that they are right! One says that without Miss Jarguel supplying the money there would never have been a win. The counter argument is that without Mr Sune Miss Jarguel would not have been at the casino and so would not have won! 

It’s a difficult call in our eyes, but we will have to wait till December to hear the outcome of this unique case. Hollywood may have to draw up a sequel to the blockbuster based on the outcome!

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It seems that this regulation has finally been recognised as unfair and a bill has been proposed to the French government that would mean more access to foreign casinos and tournaments for French players. This news will certainly make a lot of our French poker playing friends very happy but what has prompted this change of heart? It seems like the French government has realised that by forbidding legal companies from the UK and elsewhere outside of France has just resulted in a feeding frenzy by the less than savory casinos.

These foreign casinos that have been catering to the French online poker market have been operating illegally and so, in most cases, are not regulated by any governing body. The result of this is that players have been given, at best, bad service and have, at worst, been swindled by these illegally operating websites.

By re-evaluating their stance on overseas casinos they will be opening up the legal online gaming world to residents of France. This means better games, better websites and fair treatment for French poker players. This is definitely a step in the right direction for competitive gaming online, but the whole process of getting this bill passed and implemented is a long battle.

This is great news for the French but also for the rest of us as this move by France to clean up online gaming has come at a time when trust in online gaming is low. A study done by PayPoint.net has come back with some shocking results. It seems that 81 percent of us are concerned about security risks and 61 percent surveyed worry about what to do if they have a problem regarding their account. We are most concerned when it comes to revealing our banking details online in the sign up process. These figures don’t really surprise us here as, unfortunately, there are unscrupulous people out there.

All the more reason for us to take care when signing up to play poker online and to make sure that the online betting companies we deal with have adequate online help for members. The most efficient way to ensure safety is to research the betting sites you are looking at playing with and to check that they have good security, and are legal.

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Source: news.bbc.co.uk