First 17 licenses for French online casinos

10 March 2025 – By Linda Jefferson

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After years of waiting and months of excitement, the French gambling market finally took the most important step for legalizing online casinos. The national gambling regulator, ARJEL, awarded the first 17 licenses to 11 operators just before the start of the South African World Cup. Although not all types of online casino games will be supported, the move is still impressive. The only operations that will be offered by these casinos will be horse racing, sports betting on organized events and online poker. More of the usual online casino games might get approved in the future.

The betting could start as soon as this week, just in time for players to be able to bet on the World Cup matches. Online poker will only be available later this month, due to the fact that Malta filed a complaint to the European Commission. This is a historic event for French casinos, after hundreds of years of monopoly that started way back in 1539. Online casinos will soon be able to accept all French players who wish to gamble at their favorite games, without having to use just the state lotteries.

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