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Court of Cassation rules against French monopoly on horse racing betting

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France’s highest appeal court handed down a precedent-setting ruling in the case between Pari Mutuel Urbain and Malta-based racebook Zeturf, overturning the 2006 decision of the Appeal Court of Paris, which established that the national monopoly PMU is the only organization allowed to take bets on French horse racing.