The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) said it took no further action after receiving notice of Trannel’s sale on 31 October 2024. In response to a Woo disclosure request, the authority said the notice was for information only and that it held no other documents within the request’s scope.
The decision records the KSA’s response to Trannel’s sale and the limits of its disclosure search.
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France’s ANJ and the CNIL have issued updated GDPR guidance for gambling operators. The non-prescriptive document sets out practical recommendations for casinos, betting platforms and exclusive-rights holders, including on data purposes, service-provider contracts and impact assessments for money-laundering monitoring.
Six weeks after Britain doubled Remote Gaming Duty from 21% to 40% on 1 April 2026, operators have reported limited immediate impact. Lawyers and advisers cited in the report expect the effects to emerge over several quarters through marketing, product economics and player behaviour.
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.