French regulator will be able to block unlicensed gambling sites

[The Buzz]

L'Autorité nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has been granted the power to block any unlicensed gambling website from operating in France.

The law was signed into law on 2 March ans also includes a number of measures related to combating match-fixing.

From the ANJ announcement:

This legislative development is a major step forward in the fight against the illegal offer of gambling in France, which the ANJ has made a priority project for 2022. It supports the new cooperation strategy that it has been developing for several months. with all digital players (search engines, social networks, content exchange platforms, payment solution providers) in order to hold them accountable and stem the proliferation of illegal offers.

The law now provides that betting ban decisions taken by the President of the ANJ come into force immediately after their publication. These decisions were previously subject to the common law of administrative decisions, which provides for the entry into force of the decision the day after its publication. In the event of serious and concordant indications of manipulation weighing on a sporting event, this new article gives the ANJ the necessary reactivity to neutralize suspicious bets before the start of the match

Read more here: https://anj-fr.translate.goog/la-loi...n&_x_tr_pto=sc

[casinos-au-quebec]

I believe this is a good thing as many unreliable operators weren't respecting the french legislation. Trusted brands are blocking french traffic since 2010.

[ocreditor]

They are sending letters to everyone, affiliate sites including, the letters are with threats inside, I must say they are the most efficient country to ban illegal websites