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FDJ UNITED, a leader in betting and gaming in Europe, has announced its results to end-September 2026. Over the first nine months of the 2026 financial year, FDJ UNITED recorded gross gaming revenue (GGR) of €6264m (-2.8...
Casino Group is changing its name to PLESIO, adopting a new identity that underscores its positioning in convenience retail. This change applies to the Group. Its seven brands (Monoprix, Casino, Spar, Vival, Cdiscount, F...
In 2025, gross gaming revenue (turnover) from online sports betting reached €1766 million (+10.4%) and stakes €11,517 million (+12.0%). In a report published, the French National Gaming Authority (ANJ) examined the drive...
France’s gambling regulator and its advertising self-regulatory body have renewed the cooperation agreement they first signed in 2023, widening it to cover games with monetisable digital objects. The Autorité Nationale d...
EGT has completed an installation of its S 55 S ST slot cabinets at Casino Evian in France, the company said. The venue is described as having more than 200 gaming stations. The machines are supplied with EGT’s Bell Link jackpot. The deployment follows what EGT called the first French installation of the S 55 […]
FDJ UNITED has announced the appointment of Virginie Christnacht as Group Communications Director effective September 14. In this capacity, Virginie Christnacht will join the Group’s Executive Committee and will be tasked with defining and implementing FDJ UNITED’s communication strategy, strengthening its reputation and visibility in France and internationally, as well as supporting the continued […]
The Esports Festival by the Esports World Cup will bring together France’s biggest names from gaming, music, sport, and entertainment on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday, 2 August, transforming one of the world’s most iconic avenues into the country’s largest free public celebration of gaming and esports. Hosted by Doigby and Kayané, the free, open-air event […]
France’s Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) reported that online sports betting stakes during the 2026 FIFA World Cup more than doubled compared to the 2022 tournament. The FIFA World Cup set several records for online sports betting: Over €1.3 billion in stakes and €157 million in Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) were recorded, more than […]
Banijay Gaming is to acquire JOA, marking another important step in its strategy to build a European diversified gaming leader in light of evolving customer expectations, from funds managed by Blackstone and Kings Park Capital pursuant to a put option agreement. JOA is the second-largest casino operator in France, with a nationwide network of […]
Tickets go on sale May 29 for the seven-week Paris event running July 6 to August 23, with a $75 million prize pool across 25 competitions. The Esports Foundation (EF) has confirmed Paris Expo Porte de Versailles as the venue for the Esports World Cup 2026, scheduled for July 06 through August 23 in Paris, […]
Aviatrix organized a partner meeting in Chamonix, France, uniting a chosen group of distribution and operator partners to discuss its product strategy for the upcoming year. The occasion represented the studio’s initial presentation of its wider ecosystem concept and an upcoming game title to partners in a non-trade show environment. Central to the agenda was […]
In general, the gambling industry has quite the storied history when it comes to France. Some of the oldest and most popular gambling establishments exist within the country. Not only that, but it was France that contributed a great deal towards the development of today’s popular casino games. For example, it was in France […]
The link between France and gambling always has been strong and could even be described as historic. The country largely contributed to the development of gambling through time with the creation of inescapable games such as roulette (by the mathematician Blaise Pascal) and the 52 card game which gave birth to Baccarat or Shimmy (also […]
PokerStars’ French operation has become the first site approved to share player pools with Italy, Portugal, and Spain, once new regulations are cemented. ARJEL President Charles Coppolani has signed off on PokerStars.fr’s liquidity sharing license. Following the news that ARJEL, France’s online gaming regulator, had struck a liquidity-sharing deal with some of its European neighbors, PokerStars applied […]
The French online gambling regulator, ARJEL, has reportedly contacted its Italian counterpart inquiring about the latter’s progress on the realization of the shared online poker liquidity project. It was in July 2017 when the gambling regulatory bodies of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal signed an official agreement that would allow them to merge their online poker player pools […]
Senator Jérôme Durain (Saône-et-Loire in France), has written to France’s Gambling Regulator regarding loot boxes in video games. In a letter dated the 16th November, Durain wrote to the President of ARJEL (France’s online gambling regulator) requesting that he look into the possibility of providing consumer protections when it came to loot boxes. If you speak […]
France’s regulated online gambling market was firing on all cylinders in Q3, with poker posting its strongest growth in nearly six years. Figures released Friday by French regulator ARJEL show locally licensed online gambling operators handled €549k worth of sports wagers in the three months ending September 30, a 23% rise over the same […]
French gaming regulator, ARJEL, has commented on the upcoming implementation of international agreement regarding online poker shared liquidity. The agreement has been recently singed by governmental gaming associations of France, Spain, Italy and Portugal in order to boost gaming revenue and further regulate the market. Clément Martin Saint Léon, Head of Consumer Protection at ARJEL, […]