Full Tilt Poker just had their gaming license by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission revoked this past Thursday and now they say a deal is done to sell the inactive site to a French investment group.

PokerStrategy.com broke the news from Full Tilt. Full Tilt Poker said that the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie signed “an exclusive agreement” to purchase the company. The deal will potentially allow the company to pay off players worldwide. There are however a few problems.

Number one is a settlement in the United States with the U. S. Department of Justice to close the current legal case. Number two is Bernard Tapie’s checkered past. In 1995 he was sentenced to 2 years in prison for fixing a major soccer match. He was also in tax trouble in 1993 and prosecuted for tax evasion.

It seems like we get a little good news peppered with bad…