Source: ANJ (France)
France’s ANJ reported that online gambling revenue increased 22% in 2020 to €1.7bn, its highest level since the market opened to competition. Sports betting stakes reached €5.3bn, while online horse-racing stakes rose 33% to €1.5bn and online poker revenue increased 64% to €446m.
Revenue and stakes data help operators assess growth across France’s online betting, horse-racing and poker markets.
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France’s ANJ presented an algorithm estimating excessive gambling among online account users, based on results for the second half of 2025. It identified 600,000 at-risk players, associated with €1.2bn in gross revenue, or 60% of operators’ total; the authority urged operators to identify 300,000 players in the most severe category in the near term.
France's ANJ said its algorithm identified 600,000 players with a high probability of excessive gambling, 8.7% of account-based players, who generated €1.2bn or 60% of total gross gaming revenue. The regulator reported that operators identified 89,000 excessive players in 2025, up from 31,000 in 2024, and called the identification effort insufficient.
The French gambling mediator received 1,856 requests in 2025, a 20% increase on 2024, according to the mediator's activity report published by the ANJ. Sports betting accounted for 91.5% of admissible requests, mostly concerning account management and bet disputes. The mediator deplored the doubling of withdrawals by Winamax, which withdrew from 126 cases.
France’s gambling market generated €14.1bn in gross gaming revenue in 2025, up 3% from the previous year, according to the ANJ. Online gambling produced about €2.617bn, while land-based casinos recorded €2.816bn; PMU’s exclusive-rights revenue fell 2.8% to roughly €1.651bn.
France's ANJ examined the excessive- and underage-gambling prevention plans of all licensed operators between November 2025 and March 2026, it said. The regulator approved the plans but issued prescriptions, saying further effort is needed to cut the number of excessive gamblers by 2027. It cited an OFDT estimate of 1,170,000 problem gamblers in 2024, including 360,000 at excessive levels.