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l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s unified gambling regulator, has updated its market ‘guidelines and recommendations’ on advertising.  Last summer, following the conclusion of the UEFA Euro 2020 Championships – the ANJ was forced to review industry advertising due to public complaints on the ‘oversaturation of adverts’ during the football tournament.   Called into action, the ANJ launched a public consolation …

 l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s unified gambling regulator, has expressed concerns about the increase of French minors engaging with gambling activities.  The views have been highlighted in the regulator’s French youth gambling report – conducted by research observatory for psychological disorders SEDAP – as part of an ongoing assessment of French gambling’s market standards and consumer safeguards. Feedback from …

l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) France’s unified gambling regulator has instructed all licensed operators to submit a yearly ‘Action Plan’ outlining their responsible gambling controls as a licensing duty.   The direct command follows recommendations made by an ANJ-sanctioned study on ‘the prevention of pathological gambling and gambling by minors’. Operator submissions will be scrutinised by the ANJ’s policy team, with …

Online horse racing betting in France rose substantially last year, suggesting a potential ‘renaissance’ of the sport, according to BtoBet. As part of the Aspire Global brand’s ‘Horse Racing Betting Focus’, it pointed to the latest yearly data available for France, as reported by l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ). Total stakes on horse racing betting in France reached nearly €1.5 …

ANJ – France’s unified gambling regulator – has partnered with children’s news journal Mon Quotidien to publish ‘Jeux d’argent et protection des mineurs’ (‘Gambling and the Protection of Minors’).  The special edition of Mon Quotidien sees ANJ launch its first education-specific campaign targeting children aged 10-to-14, whilst further raising awareness of gambling behaviours amongst families and schools of the journal’s …

l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) France’s unified gambling regulator, has warned licensed sportsbooks that player bets cannot be refused, restricted, or limited ‘without legitimate reasoning’. The warning follows a raise in player complaints made against online sportsbooks, registered by national gambling ombudsman Games Mediator – that cited ‘a rising 17% of complaints’ had been against operators for refusing or partially …

France’s online gambling sector has registered a record turnover of €617 million, as the public engaged with May and June’s Roland Garros (tennis) and the UEFA Euro 2020 Championships.  The turnover results represent the ‘highest level of activity’ recorded by the French online gambling sector since the ‘opening of the French marketplace in 2010’ – according to data from regulatory …

L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) – France’s national gambling regulatory agency – has hosted its first ‘citizen workshop’ on gambling advertising.  The research directive forms part of the ANJ’s ‘public consultation phase’ on the prevalence of gambling advertising launched by the regulator following the conclusion of the UEFA Euro 2020 championships. This October, the ANJ will host ‘citizen workshops’ across …

A public consultation evaluating the standards and conduct of French gambling advertising has been launched by L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) – France’s unified gambling regulatory agency.  The consultation forms part of the ANJ’s pledge to reform French gambling’s advertising standards, which was brought into disrepute following multiple public complaints recorded during this summer’s UEFA Euro 2020 Championship. Updating stakeholders, …

L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) – France’s national gambling regulator – has publicly reprimanded Stake.com and cbet.gg for operating ‘aggressive illegal gambling websites’ that target the French public. The rebuke was made as ANJ secured a ‘blocking order’ by the Paris Court of Justice demanding French internet providers to immediately cease IP access to Stake.com and cbet.gg domains. In its …