French gaming operators dispute regulator's growth claims

[The Buzz]

French gaming operators are challenging the country's regulator, L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), over claims that the market's growth mirrors that of other major European nations.

According to the French Online Gaming Association (AFJEL), recent events like the Euro 2024 soccer tournament and the Paris Olympics have masked "structural weaknesses and a risk of downturn in 2025." This assertion comes despite the ANJ's data indicating record-high revenues.

From the iNTERGAME:

The French gambling regulator, L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), reported earlier this month that total online gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 12 per cent year-on-year to a new high of €2.6bn, with sports betting’s €1.8bn in GGR up 19 per cent.

Meanwhile, gaming tax revenues for the state hit €1.4bn in 2024.

Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, president of the ANJ, said the pace of growth in the French market is “comparable to major European markets,” but that has now been contested by the AFJEL.

The association said that despite a “short-term boost” in GGR, which was “artificially boosted” by events such as Euro 2024 and the Paris Olympics, the online betting sector’s share of total revenue still accounts for less than 20 per cent of the total gaming market.

It said land-based gaming occupies 80 per cent of the French market – and that the average share of online gaming across Europe – as outlined by the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) – is 39 per cent.

Read more here: https://www.intergameonline.com/igam...ndustry-growth

[Pokerface]

The report lacks a lot of detail and context. Where is the data from? All channels? Include off-shore? etc? And perspective why?