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France – FDJ puts in SEK 27,951m offer to buy Kindred
La Française des Jeux wants to buy Kindred Group for SEK 27,951m to create a ‘European gaming champion with increased scale, technology and content capabilities and greater diversification.’ The acquisition of Kindred, whose brands include 32Red and Unibet, fits FDJ’s ambition to expand internationally as an online betting & gaming operator, and to develop its…
France – FDJ improves its outlook for 2022 with World Cup to boost betting revenues
La Française des Jeux (FDJ) has seen its turnover for the third quarter up 12 per cent encouraging its outlook for the current financial year 2022 to be up by eight per cent on last year, rather then the five per cent envisaged at the start of the year. Revenue grew to €592m, while stakes…
France – Française des Jeux gets approval to offer online poker
The French National Gaming Authority (ANJ) has given approval to the Française des Jeux (FDJ), allowing it to offer ‘online circle games.’ This will allow the operator to move into the online poker market. imminent. The licence is for five years and is renewable. Shortly after entering into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of the…
France – FDJ sees 17 per cent increase as lottery bounces back but sports betting dips due to tough Euro 2020 comparisons
La Française des Jeux (FDJ), France’s leading gambling operator, has announced its results for H1 2022, with strong growth in lottery revenue, up 17 per cent, with all points of sale open in 2022, whereas 10 per cent of them were closed in H1 2021. Sports betting revenue was down by five per cent, reflecting…
France – FDJ manages to ‘erase the impact of the crisis and come out of it stronger’
Française des Jeux (FDJ), the operator of France’s national lottery games, generated a turnover of €2.256bn in 2021, up 17.5 per cent year on year. The second European and fourth world lottery generated group EBITDA of €522m, up 22.3 from 2020 with net profit of €294m, up 37.6 per cent compared to the previous year. “The Group…
France – France’s national lottery operator FDJ surges past 2019 turnover by 10 per cent
After a lackluster 2020 financial year, due to the health crisis, 2021 was back with a result more in line with Française des Jeux’s, the operator of France’s national lottery games, forecasts with revenue of €2.3bn, up 18 per cent compared to 2020. The draw games, Loto and Euromillions, supported by historic jackpots, recorded €5.7bn…
France – FDJ reports good momentum in first quarter with sports betting up 25 per cent
French betting operator Française des Jeux (FDJ), the operator of France’s national lottery games, reported good momentum in its first quarter despite restrictions linked to the health crisis -with an increase in revenue of nearly nine per cent over the first half of 2019, and an increase in sports betting activity of 25 per cent….
France – FDJ reports annual turnover rise despite reduced points of sale
Results published by La Française des Jeux (FDJ) in its latest quarterly report show that despite the closure of nearly 10 per cent of the group’s points of sale, stakes are up 11.8 per cent to €4.6bn. Turnover is up 5.2 per cent to €538m. Compared to 2019, the last ‘normal’ year, the FDJ recorded…
France – Strong second half limits FDJ annual revenue decline
Despite a three per cent rise in bets during the second half of 2020, La Française des Jeux (FDJ) has reported a 6.8 per cent decline in annual bets amounting to just under €16bn, with turnover down 6.3 per cent to €1.92bn. Drawing games stakes grew by six per cent to €3.2bn. Amigo fell by…
