France

News & Analysis

News In Brief: May 2-May 6, 2022

DraftKings finishes its $1.5bn acquisition, former tribal gaming leader found guilty of bribery and new Brazilian lottery details released.

News In Brief: March 21-March 25, 2022

European operators to pool anti-cybercrime resources, a Missouri betting bill makes progress, while another in Minnesota narrowly survives its latest vote.

News In Brief: February 28-March 4, 2022

France gives regulator power to block websites, New Jersey fines DraftKings $150,000 and NagaCorp halts construction work on its Russian casino project.

ANJ Wants Operators To Cut Back On Advertising

France’s gambling regulator (ANJ) has called on the gambling industry to “de-intensify” all forms of advertising, alongside releasing a series of new advertising guidelines and recommendations.

News In Brief: February 14-February 18, 2022

More French teenagers are gambling, according to a survey by the national regulator, with very high exposure to advertising a key motivating factor.

Research & Reports

Market Insight: European Online Gambling

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 32 European online gambling markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, sector themes and key market developments bringing stakeholders opportunities, challenges, tailwinds and headwinds.

Interactive Map: Gambling Advertising Across Europe

Advertising is one of the most hotly discussed topics in the European gambling industry. In this map, VIXIO GamblingCompliance shows the current situation regarding gambling advertising in all jurisdictions. The map highlights the differences among the countries that allow, partially prohibit or forbid gambling advertising.

Market Insight: European Lotteries

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 30 European lottery markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, of sector themes and key jurisdictional and lottery-level developments including growth trends by game category and channel shift towards online sales.

Market Insight — France

French online sports betting continued its positive trajectory in 2019 ahead of a shift in the basis of taxation from turnover to revenue, while lottery monopoly FDJ completed a successful privatisation in what has become a period of considerable flux for France’s traditionally stable gambling market.

EU Online Gambling Outlook 2020

Despite the fact that EU countries are generally some of the most mature markets when it comes to regulating online gambling, a few have yet to issue any licences. In Germany, the latest amendments to the gambling regulatory framework entered into force at the beginning of 2020, allowing for an unlimited number of online sports-betting licences to be issued straightaway.

Data & Forecasts

Groupe Partouche Report - FY1999 to FY2022H1

Latest half-yearly data from French-Listed Groupe Partouche. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Gross gaming revenue, net gaming revenue after levies, operating profit, total revenue by region and by operating sector, casino detail and hotel detail. There are approximately 870 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: European Online Gambling

This quarterly report contains a comprehensive overview of available data on the €20bn+ European online gambling sector. Jurisdictional market size figures and year-on-year growth rates are supplemented by an interactive dashboard and standardised, comparable data on betting-gaming splits and online penetration rates.

Market Monitor: European Land-Based Gaming

This report aggregates available, sourced data on regulated land-based gaming markets across Europe, split between casinos and non-casino gaming venues. Market size and annual growth comparisons across 28 reporting European countries can also be visualised via an interactive dashboard.

France - ANJ Online Gambling Report - 2010 to 2021

The French online gambling market cleared €2bn for the first time in 2021, aided by sustained channel shift and growth in betting per active player more so than growth in the number of active players. Successive year-on-year declines in quarterly sportsbook wagers, feeding through to a double-digit decline in overall fourth-quarter revenue, nevertheless serve as warning signs that growth is likely to reverse in the first half of 2022 against tough 2021 comparatives.

France - La Française des Jeux Report - 2002 to 2022Q1

Latest quarterly data from La Française des Jeux (FDJ) of France. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Total stakes versus gross gaming revenue, a breakdown of player stakes by gaming type and product line, network indicators, group net profit, online channel indicators, redistribution of stakes and player statistics. There are approximately 650 data points in this document.