Switzerland’s online casino market will soon have two new sites on offer, while the government has also signalled the imminent return of local sports on which bettors can wager.

On Wednesday, the Swiss Federal Council announced that Casino Lugano and the Casino du Lac Meyrin in Geneva have been granted the right to add online casino gambling to their product mix. The two casinos’ sites and game technology will still require the approval of the Federal Casino Commission (ESBK) before they can launch.

The two casinos are the sixth and seventh casinos to have been granted online approval and the first outside the country’s German-speaking cantons. Casino du Lac is run by French operator Groupe Partouche, which struck a Swiss deal with live casino specialists Evolution Gaming in January and a game content deal with iSoftBet just last week.

The Lugano property is operated by Casinos Austria International – now part of the Sazka Group – which also runs the Grand Casino Kursaal Bern that received its online diploma last November.