{"id":22713,"date":"2013-09-16T08:29:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T08:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=22630"},"modified":"2013-09-16T08:29:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T08:29:09","slug":"barriere-poker-throws-in-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/barriere-poker-throws-in-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"Barri\u00e8re Poker throws in chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/barriere_poker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22632\" alt=\"Barrier\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/barriere_poker.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>Lucien Barri\u00e8re and French lottery operator Fran\u00e7aise des jeux who in a partnership operate Barri\u00e8re Poker have announced the site will close at the end of September following poor results over the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>However it has been announced the company will instead offer their services now to the B2B market with their partnership with US operator\u00a0Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) being the main customer with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) platform.<\/p>\n<p>The company put the failure of Barri\u00e8re Poker down to other online poker operators establishing themselves prior to online regulations in France, allowing those operators to secure a strong foothold in the region and hence making it extremely difficult for them to compete.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release the company stated, \u201cBefore the law regulating the market (May 2010), a number of operators had already established their positions for several years with French players, gaining business experience and consolidating player databases. 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