Senate finally adopts France’s online poker liquidity sharing deal

After months of waiting, France has finalized the bill that will allow its online poker liquidity sharing deal with other European countries to finally push through.

The French Parliament adopted—by a Senate vote—last week the Projet de loi pour une Republique numerique, or the digital bill, which advocates more open public data, better protection for users and improved access to the internet, according to French news site La Tribune.

The digital bill essentially calls for an update with a goal of making France a “country of digital.” But more than that, the digital bill will also give the country’s beleaguered online poker market its long-desired shot in the arm.

Poker players in France are only able to play against fellow countrymen or players who are visiting their country. But the digital bill allows them to join online poker games on licensed sites and play against others located in other European countries and jurisdictions.