Tag Archives: PMU

The move is not surprising as French horseracing institution SETF has opposed to Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) boss Malecaze-Doublet leadership for some time…. Emmanuelle Malecaze-Doublet is set to leave her role as CEO of PMU, in September following the ongoing deterioration of her relations with the trotting trade group SETF (commonly known as LeTrot), one of the two bodies that …

Online operators drive French gambling growth in 2024, but casinos have expressed a deep unhappiness and call for “regulatory rebalancing and relief” ahead of new tax burdens in July… France’s gambling operators recorded a 4.7% rise in GGR to €14bn in 2024 with online operators acting as key growth drivers for the sector and recording a 12% rise in GGR …

Operators’ anti-fraud and RG policies praised as ANJ calls on the heritage giants of FDJ and PMU to improve retail checks France’s Autorité Nationale des Jeux has approved FDJ United’s and Pari Mutuel Urbain’s plans to reduce excessive gambling, but has called on the two groups to step up their efforts to ensure strict compliance with the ban on sales …

AFJEL, the trade body representing France’s regulated online betting operators, has blamed illegal bookmakers targeting French punters for a poor Euro 2024, which revealed  “surprisingly low or even decreasing figures” for the country’s legal bookmakers when compared with past major sporting events. The association said data from dot.fr bookmakers showed that Euro 2024 stakes were flat compared to Euro 2020 …

As France’s web 3-JONUM bill secures its official sign off, the subject of iCasino regulation remains front of stakeholders’ minds of an evolving French gambling marketplace.  France’s digital safety bill was voted through by its parliament nearly two weeks ago and with the approval of the regulations surrounding the web 3 crypto-based gaming products called JONUM bringing to an end …

France’s gambling sector grows as regulator says “demanding regulation is not a brake on growth”. France’s sports betting and gaming operators saw their gross gaming revenues rise 3.5% YoY and reach €13.4bn in 2023. National regulator the Autorité Nationale des Jeux said all market verticals had “recorded GGR growth after a (period of) stabilisation in 2022” linked to Covid19 and …

Efforts to reduce problem gambling are making progress but remain a priority, says French gambling regulator ANJ. The monitoring policy instituted by the Autorité Nationale des Jeux with the aim of preventing excessive gambling has paid off and produced “observable results” over the past 12 months, said the French gambling regulator. ANJ published its fourth report on the actions of …

SBC correspondent Jake Pollard reports on French racing’s tote monopoly Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) joining the AFJEL union to lobby on two key topics. The French tote operator Pari Mutuel Urbain has joined the country’s online gambling trade body AFJEL as part of a move to strengthen lobbying efforts by the industry on two key topics: online casino and the potential shape …

Flutter Entertainment has announced that it will continue its long-standing B2B partnership with PARI MUTUEL URBAIN (PMU), providing a multi-channel sportsbook platform for the French horseracing’s principal betting operator. The B2B unit of Flutter Entertainment has serviced PMU’s sportsbook platform since 2010, a partnership that began under Paddy Power and has been maintained throughout the group’s multiple transitions. Upcoming developments …

France’s largest casino groups have written to the new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal excoriating Française des Jeux (FDJ) for its aggressive expansionary policies and the “monopolistic advantages” that enable the former state-owned company to operate across all verticals and channels in the country. The letter, seen by the newspaper Les Echos, was signed by the CEOs of the Barrière, Partouche, Tranchant …