Tag Archives: Casinos de France
France – The Casinos de France union is considering an online offer
Having been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, French casinos are now turning to online gaming to boost profits Internet. Since the opening of a regulated and controlled online market in June 2010, limited to sports betting, horse racing and poker, the situation has remained frozen. But the coronavirus pandemic, as in other economic sectors, has…
France: the sector’s inevitable historic underperformance
The French gambling market is worth around €50bn in bets and €11.1bn GGR. There are five game categories in the French market – lottery games online and retail (FDJ); Sports betting online and retail (FDJ and 14 approved operators); horse betting online and retail (PMU and eight operators); online poker (six operators) and casinos and…
France – French casinos want to prevent FDJ from offering slot play
Three French land-based casino associations; Casinos de France, Syndicat des Casinos Modernes de France and the Association des Casinos Indépendants Français (ACIF) have demanded the government properly defines how the privatisation of Française des Jeux (FDJ) could allow it more games. They are concerned that if FDJ is allowed to offer online slots, the betting…
