France’s National Assembly is to consider a bill that could lead to the legalisation of online casino in the country.

Introduced this week by Philippe Latombe of the Democratic Movement party, bill 1248 sets out proposals to open a regulated online casino market in France.

The core proposal of the bill is for a “five-year moratorium”, whereby online casino gambling would be legal for a period of five years but only for “national actors”.

Article 2 of the bill set out that this measure would run through until 1 January 2030. After this, the market would be extended past existing casino licensees and opened to other operators interested in offering online casino.