The downfall of the French online gambling industry was covered by the country's mainstream media on May 13 when France's leading newspaper, Le Monde, published an online article titled "Is Online Poker Going Through The Floor Soon?" ("Le poker en ligne bientôt au tapis?").
After the latest industry report published by ARJEL, France's gambling authority, showed that the country's regulated market did not manage to overturn the decline in revenues, one that began when the State launched a ring-fenced market in 2010, the newspaper suggested online gambling may not be the Eldorado that many had imagined.