France accepted the rules imposed by the European Union and will allow online gambling operators starting with the middle of the next year.
Online casino and poker sites will be able to operate gradually, the details will be established soon.

U.K. Gambling Act of 2005 went into effect Sept. 1, 2007, restricting online gambling advertising to only those companies based in the United Kingdom or other countries in the European Economic Area. The EEA consists of the 27 countries in the European Union together with Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. Countries [...]

It seems that it is very hard to make predictions on gambling, this year even more difficult than the other years, and online gambling much more difficult than the classical gambling.
2008 will be a very good year for the land casinos. Las Vegas has some big problems that will allow to other [...]

The European Union, Japan, and Canada have reached a settlement with the U.S. regarding its protectionist online gambling policy through UIGEA, although US tolerates some forms of online gambling, such as state lotteries and horse racing.
Remote Gambling Association made today a complaint under the EU Trade Barriers Regulation seeks to stop discriminatory [...]

Unfortunately for the online casinos and poker rooms, the agreement (signed in Geneva) is not to change UIGEA, but to compensate EU for this ban.
United States will compensate European Union especially in the domain of the trade, and mail services. In accordance with Business Week, “This compensation cannot be [...]