Key findings
The market at a glance, from this edition.
- Market model: Betting regulated; Casino online prohibited; Lottery monopoly; Poker regulated.
- 13 of 18 payment and AML rules verified word for word; 1 confirmed as not set in the official texts.
- 1 regulator decision against companies in 2026.
- 3,002 entries in 3 official lists, reloaded every week.
- Gambling participation of adults: 51.6% (22 Mar 2023 – 29 Jul 2023 (past 12 months)).
- FATF: on neither the grey nor the black list (statement of 19 Jun 2026).
- 40 official sources read for this market every week.
Market model
How each product is regulated, with its source.
- Betting: Regulated
- Casino: Online prohibited
- Lottery: Monopoly
- Poker: Regulated
Verifiedchecked 9 Nov 2026Interdiction volontaire de jeux · tier 1
FATF lists
On neither list
FATF statement of 19 Jun 2026, as the HM Treasury advisory notice of 22 Jun 2026 lists it
Payment and AML rules
Each rule we track, what the official text says about it and when we checked. Values and quotes are in the full report.
Payment methods
4 rules · 2 verified · 1 confirmed not set| Rule | What we found | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permitted rails and instrument typesOnline | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Je veux déposer de l'argent sur mon compte joueur. Comment faire ?tier 1 |
| Mandatory hubs and gatewaysWhole market | Not foundNot set in the official textschecked 9 Nov 2026 | None set | Dossier des exigences techniques (v1.0)tier 1 |
| Instrument origin and currencyOnline | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Analyse sectorielle des risques de blanchiment de capitaux et de financement du terrorisme en Francetier 1 |
| Payment-blocking listsWhole market | Not covered yetResearched on request | On request | Research notes |
Ownership & payouts
4 rules · 2 verified| Rule | What we found | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holder and ownership rulesWhole market | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Cadre de référence pour la lutte contre la fraude, le blanchiment des capitaux et le financement du terrorismetier 1 |
| Closed loop and payout routingOnline | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Exigences techniques relatives à la mise à disposition des données (décision ANJ n° 2026-158)tier 1 |
| Payout time limitsWhole market | Not covered yetResearched on request | On request | Research notes |
| Withdrawal conditionsWhole market | Not covered yetResearched on request | On request | Research notes |
AML thresholds & reporting
2 rules · 2 verified| Rule | What we found | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check thresholds and aggregation windowsLand-based | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Cadre de référence pour la lutte contre la fraude, le blanchiment des capitaux et le financement du terrorismetier 1 |
| Report triggers and deadlinesWhole market | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Cadre de référence pour la lutte contre la fraude, le blanchiment des capitaux et le financement du terrorismetier 1 |
Player funds protection
1 rule · 1 verified| Rule | What we found | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player-funds protection and coverageOnline · Betting · Poker | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Arrêté du 27 mars 2015 portant approbation du cahier des charges applicable aux opérateurs de jeux en lignetier 1 |
Taxes at payment
1 rule| Rule | What we found | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes at the point of paymentWhole market | Not covered yetResearched on request | On request | Research notes |
Reporting & data
4 rules · 4 verified| Rule | What we found | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Submission mode and cadenceWhole market | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Décision n° 2022-219: exigences techniques relatives à la certification des opérateurs (ET5)tier 1 |
| Data vault and integrityWhole market | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Décision n° 2022-219: exigences techniques relatives à la certification des opérateurs (ET5)tier 1 |
| Data locationWhole market | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Dossier des exigences techniques (v1.0)tier 1 |
| RetentionWhole market | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Cadre de référence pour la lutte contre la fraude, le blanchiment des capitaux et le financement du terrorismetier 1 |
Player protection at payment
2 rules · 2 verified| Rule | What we found | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-operator limits and registersOnline | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Les outils pour garder la maîtrise du jeutier 1 |
| Eligibility screening at paymentWhole market | VerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 9 Nov 2026 | Value in the full report | Interdiction volontaire de jeuxtier 1 |
Regulatory guide
Licensing, gambling tax, advertising, responsible gambling and technical standards: the statements we hold, by subject.
Licensing
5 statements- Licence types
- Licence term
- Apostille Convention
- Foreign documents
- Translation
Statements, quotes and dates in the full report
Advertising
1 statement- General rules
Statements, quotes and dates in the full report
Responsible gambling
5 statements- Self-exclusion register
- Deposit limits
- Cooling-off
Statements, quotes and dates in the full report
Technical standards
1 statement- Certification
Statements, quotes and dates in the full report
Licence registers and official lists
The official lists we load every week for this market.
ANJ (droits exclusifs FDJ)
Licence list
1 entries
loaded 9 Nov 2026
Autorité nationale des jeux
Blacklist
2,979 entries
loaded 9 Nov 2026
Autorité nationale des jeux
Licence list
22 entries
loaded 9 Nov 2026
Every entry with its licence, brands and domains, and the week's additions and removals: in the product.
Enforcement
Decisions of Autorité nationale des jeux against companies, as published.
- Decisions in 2026
- 1
What the decisions were about
Latest decisions
| Date | Company | Action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2026 | ADVENTURE ONE QSS INC. | Blocking | – |
Sanction ranges in the law
4 provisions set the fines and other measures: Loi n° 2010-476 du 12 mai 2010 relative à l'ouverture à la concurrence et à la régulation du secteur des jeux d'argent et de hasard en ligne, art. 43 (texte cité par le Conseil d'État, n° 500722, 11 juin 2026).
Case law
12 rulings of 1 court on this market's gambling rules, each linked to the rules it bears on.
- 11 Jun 2026 · Conseil d'État · 500722
- 30 Sep 2025 · Conseil d'État · 436441
- 11 Feb 2025 · Conseil d'État · 489681
References, breaches and the full list of the year: in the full report.
Consultations and notifications
What the regulator and the government are asking about, and when they close.
- proposed
Draft ANJ decision amending the technical requirements for making data available, pursuant to Articles 31 and 38 of the Law of 12 May 2010
European Commission · TRIS · opened 15 Apr 2026 · closes 16 Jul 2026
- proposed
Draft decision of the ANJ concerning an amendment to the technical requirements relating to querying the database of players excluded from gambling, pursuant to Article L320-9 of the Internal Security Code
European Commission · TRIS · opened 25 Mar 2026 · closes 26 Jun 2026
- proposed
Draft decision by the ANJ on the operational and technical procedures for casinos and gambling clubs to access the database of players excluded from gambling
European Commission · TRIS · opened 25 Mar 2026 · closes 26 Jun 2026
- proposed
Order on the format of the data file sent by gambling companies with monetisable digital objects to the National Gambling Authority
European Commission · TRIS · opened 10 Mar 2026 · closes 11 Jun 2026
- proposed
Draft decision by the National Gambling Authority on the technical conditions for displaying the warning message about the risks associated with excessive or pathological gambling to which companies offering digital games with monetisable digital items (jeux à objets numériques monétisables – ‘JONUMs’) are subject
European Commission · TRIS · opened 13 Feb 2026 · closes 18 May 2026
- proposed
Decree on experimentation with games with monetisable digital items
European Commission · TRIS · opened 22 Oct 2025 · closes 23 Jan 2026
- proposed
Decree relating to the warning message regarding the risks associated with excessive or pathological gambling for games involving monetisable digital objects.
European Commission · TRIS · opened 22 Oct 2025 · closes 23 Jan 2026
- proposed
Draft ANJ decision on a modification of the technical requirements for making data available, pursuant to Articles 31 and 38 of the Law of 12 May 2010
European Commission · TRIS · opened 25 Sep 2025 · closes 26 Dec 2025
Market in numbers
The publishers' own figures, with their periods.
Gambling participation of adults
51.6%
22 Mar 2023 – 29 Jul 2023 (past 12 months)
Published by Observatoire français des drogues et des tendances addictives (OFDT)
Online gambling participation of adults
7.1%
2024
Published by Observatoire français des drogues et des tendances addictives (OFDT)
Unique active players
4,169,000
2025
Published by Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)
Sources behind this report
The official sources our weekly run reads for this market, by kind and publisher. 40 official sources.
- Enforcement registers
- 1
- EU notifications
- 1
- Texts the values are checked against
- 10
- Regulator guidance
- 6
- Laws and regulations
- 19
- Licence registers and official lists
- 3
Publishers
- Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)
- technical-regulation-information-system.ec.europa.eu
- anj.fr
- French National Gambling Authority (Autorité nationale des jeux, ANJ)
- Autorité nationale des jeux
- ANJ (droits exclusifs FDJ)
- Direction générale des Finances publiques (BOFiP-Impôts)
- European Commission (TRIS)
- hcch.net
- ressources.anj.fr
Library of acts
The laws, regulations and guidance the report is built on. 25 acts and guidance documents.
- Autorité Nationale des Jeux
- BOI-TCA-PJP: TCA - Prélèvements sur les jeux et paris
- Decree on experimentation with games with monetisable digital items
- Decree relating to the warning message regarding the risks associated with excessive or pathological gambling for games involving monetisable digital objects.
- Demander un agrément | ANJ
- Draft ANJ decision amending the technical requirements for making data available, pursuant to Articles 31 and 38 of the Law of 12 May 2010
- Draft ANJ decision on a modification of the technical requirements for making data available, pursuant to Articles 31 and 38 of the Law of 12 May 2010
- Draft decision by the ANJ on the operational and technical procedures for casinos and gambling clubs to access the database of players excluded from gambling
- Je veux déposer de l'argent sur mon compte joueur. Comment faire ?
- Dossier des exigences techniques (v1.0)
- Analyse sectorielle des risques de blanchiment de capitaux et de financement du terrorisme en France
- Cadre de référence pour la lutte contre la fraude, le blanchiment des capitaux et le financement du terrorisme
and 13 more in the full report
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