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Due to the pandemic, the Casino Joa de St-Brevin l’Océano  in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France has been given a tax reduction on its gross gaming revenue of six per cent. The municipal council said it was looking to address the loss of revenue from the casino, linked to its closure due to the…

Pierre Fiandrino has been appointed as the new director of French casino Vikings des Atlantes casino in Les Sables d’Olonne in the Vendée region of France. After a break in the restaurant business, Pierre Fiandrino is back in the world of casinos where he has 30 years of experience. Since Saturday, September 4, he has…

The Pau casino in Pyrénées-Atlantiques is reopening its Royal Lounge, the dancefloor bar of the Tranchant group establishment, after more than a year and a half, with  a special promotion to help people quit smoking. During November, the casino will be holding a special promotion whereby for every cigarette placed in a designated destruction urn,…

After a call for applications launched in October 2020 which proved unsuccessful last March, the city of Cabourg  in Calvados has decided to relaunch a new tender. The first specifications included the relocation of the casino, still in the city center, with the construction of a 4-star hotel on the site of the Garage Palace….

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…

1xBet has become the official partner of the French football club Lyon. The agreement of one of the leading betting companies in the world and the 7-time champions of France will be for the 2021/22 season, with the possibility of a more extended period. 1xBet becomes Lyon’s exclusive betting partner in Africa (Sub-Saharan and MENA…

A casino in the French town of Saint-Jean d’Angely is nothing new with potential projects being discussed for the last 15 years, however, momentum is building again with Mayor Françoise Mesnard (PS) officially reactivating plans from 2007. At that time the small town of 7,500 inhabitants of Charente-Maritime was waiting to be recognised as a…

An appeal had been filed against the municipal council of Forges-les-Eaux (Seine-Maritime) by the Forges Avenir association for the casino license signed between the city and the operating company of the casino of Forges les Eaux du Partouche group. Jacques Van Tol, Presiednt of the Forges Avenir association wants the withdrawal of the contract signed…

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…