French authorities are evaluating the possibility of a legislative reform that would lead to the opening of a casino in Paris.
Only six months after the French Judicial Police raided and closed the world-famous Aviation Club de France and the Cercle Cadet, the Ministry of Internal Affairs asked the prefect Jean-Pierre Duport to prepare a study on the benefits and disadvantages of a casino in France's capital city.
According to France's daily Le Parisien, the study should be completed by the end of April, and should define whether gaming in Paris should be put in the hands of a casino, or should be handled by a network of "cercles," gaming rooms similar to the ones shut down during the past months.