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France – ANJ pitches illegal online gambling in France at between €748m and €1.5bn
To fight more effectively against the offer of illegal online gambling, the Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) commissioned PwC to conduct a study on the supply available in France and consumer habits. This study estimates that the gross gaming revenue (GGR) generated by illegal supply is between €748m and €1.5bn, i.e. between five and 11 per…
France – Record year in France sees ANJ propose raft of new measures
The gambling market in France recorded its best ever turnover in 2022, with gross gaming revenue of €12.9bn, up 20 per cent compared to 2021, according to French gambling regulator l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ). Land-based casinos and gaming venues produced revenues of €2.59bn with casino revenue was up by 130 per cent to €2.48bn and slot hall…
France – L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux given new power to block illegal sites administratively
French gaming regulator L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux has been given new powers with a law replacing the current legal procedure for blocking illegal gambling sites with an administrative blocking procedure. The President of the National Gaming Authority can now, under the supervision of the administrative judge, order Internet service providers to block access to sites…
France – ANJ warns sports betting operators over refusal of bets
The National Gaming Authority (ANJ) has warned sports betting operators that following complaints to the gaming mediator as well as to the National Gaming Authority they will need legitimate reasons to the refuse to register bets in whole or in part. The phenomenon of refusing to register, in whole or in part, the bets of…
France – ANJ to launch consultation into advertising by betting companies during Euros
The French National Games Authority (ANJ) is launching a wide public consultation on questionable practices observed in advertising during the Football Euro in June and July. “Problems have been observed in terms of advertising pressure on the part of sports betting operators, underlines the regulator. These are likely to question the regulatory model that has…
France – French courts follow ANJ guidance to block two online sites
Two unauthorised online casino games sites being ‘particularly aggressive on the French territory’ have just been blocked by the French courts, at the request of French regulator the National Games Authority (ANJ). The President of the ANJ, Isabelle Falque-Perrotin, said: “The President of the judicial tribunal of Paris has recognised the illegality of the cbet…
France – French regulator ANJ highlights law changes in its first year
During its first year of operation, French regulator ANJ has implemented the various new tools provided for by the Pacte law and by the ordinance of October 2, 2019: responsible gaming action plans, gaming program, promotional strategies, frames of reference for addiction and money laundering, etc. This institutional engineering forms the basis of ANJ’s action…
France – ANJ outlines speedier process for self-exclusion
French regulator National Games Authority (ANJ) has published its proposals to simplify the registration process and reduce delays to the country’s voluntary gambling ban. Since December 31, the management of the file of voluntary gambling bans, previously kept by the Ministry of the Interior, has been entrusted to the ANJ. The regulator has proposed that…
France – New regulatory body to over see gambling in France from 2020
Amid a flurry of new gaming legislation, French authorities have said a new national gambling authority will be created called L’autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ) to replace the current regulator, l’autorité nationale de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL). The move comes prior to the privatisation of La Française des Jeux (FDJ), which is currently…
