Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)
France’s single regulator for monopoly and competitive gambling
Last verified: 2026-10-05
The ANJ is an independent administrative authority created by the Ordinance of 2 October 2019 and operational since June 2020. It approves online operators, supervises FDJ and PMU, runs the self-exclusion register, and can order illegal gambling sites blocked.
Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)
Overview
The ANJ is an independent administrative authority whose remit covers the whole gambling sector: lotteries, horse-race betting, sports betting and poker, whether offered under an exclusive right or in competition. It was created by the Ordinance of 2 October 2019, started work in June 2020 and took over the licensing mission of the earlier online regulator ARJEL. Its statutory objectives are preventing excessive gambling and protecting minors, ensuring the integrity of gaming operations, balancing the different gambling sectors, and preventing fraud.
The college has nine members appointed for six-year terms that are neither revocable nor renewable, advised by three standing commissions covering excessive-gambling prevention, the control of gaming operations and anti-money-laundering. Pascal Chèvremont has been President since June 2026. A separate six-member sanctions commission can warn operators, suspend games or an approval, or fine them up to 5% of turnover, and a gaming ombudsman handles disputes between players and approved operators.
Online approvals are granted per product. Hillside (New Media Malta) PLC, the bet365 brand, received ANJ approval for online sports betting on 16 April 2026 and for online horse-race betting and online poker on 19 May 2026. The ANJ’s current approved-operator information confirms bet365.fr across sports betting, horse-race betting and poker.
The ANJ’s status, governance, missions, sanctions commission, ombudsman and staffing. [1]
The Government’s 2019 communiqué: the ANJ takes over from ARJEL and FDJ and PMU must submit annual plans for approval. [2]
The ANJ’s list of approved sites by segment. [3]
Key facts
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The Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ) is an independent administrative authority created by the Ordinance of 2 October 2019 and operational since June 2020; it replaced ARJEL for online licensing and regulates every authorised game, whether run under monopoly or in competition (lotteries, horse-race betting, sports betting and poker).
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The ANJ college has nine members, each appointed for six years in a term that is neither revocable nor renewable; Pascal Chèvremont has been ANJ President since June 2026, after Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, who was still quoted as President in the ANJ’s 16 April 2026 market review.
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The ANJ’s four missions are to prevent excessive gambling and protect minors, ensure the integrity of gaming operations, balance the different gambling sectors, and prevent fraudulent activity; it relies on three standing advisory commissions (excessive-gambling prevention, control of gaming operations, anti-money-laundering) and had 82 staff.
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The ANJ’s sanctions commission has six members drawn from the Conseil d’État, the Cour de cassation and the Cour des comptes and can issue warnings, suspend games or an approval, or impose fines of up to 5% of turnover; the gaming ombudsman is Jérôme Gallot, in post since 2 December 2024.
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Hillside (New Media Malta) PLC, the bet365 brand, received ANJ approvals for online sports betting on 16 April 2026 and for online horse-race betting and online poker on 19 May 2026. The ANJ's current approved-operator information confirms bet365.fr across sports betting, horse-race betting and poker.
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Sources
- Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)Primary source — Statut et organisation — https://anj.fr/lanj/une-autorite-independante
- Légifrance (Direction de l’information légale et administrative)Primary source — Ordonnance n° 2019-1015 du 2 octobre 2019 réformant la régulation des jeux d’argent et de hasard (dossier législatif) — https://legifrance.gouv.fr/affichOrdonnance.do?annee=&idDocument=JORFDOLE000039168176&legislature=&type=general
- Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)Primary source — Offre de jeux et canaux de distribution — https://anj.fr/offre-de-jeu-et-marche/categories-de-jeux-et-canaux-de-distribution