French regulator claims 60% of GGR comes from high-risk players

by A.J. Koehn
4 minutes read
The Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s gambling regulator, has unveiled a new algorithm designed to estimate problem gambling activity across France – and initial signs are those which cause concern.

Findings revealed that players identified as high-risk generated 60% of total operator gross gaming revenue (GGR), which the regulator described as “concerning”.

The ANJ has warned of a dual upward trend in both the number of problem gamblers and their contribution to operator revenues.

According to the ANJ, the algorithm identified approximately 600,000 players with a high probability of excessive gambling during the second half of 2025.

This represented 8.7% of the total online account-based gambling population across licensed operators, including accounts at FDJ United and Pari-Mutuel Urbain (PMU) accounts – two of the country’s biggest gambling businesses.

Of those 600,000 players, the regulator said around 300,000 were classified as “manifestly excessive” gamblers whose..

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