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Player Protection and Self-Exclusion in France

The ANJ’s register, operators’ tools, and the ban on minors

Last verified: 2026-10-05

France runs a national voluntary self-exclusion register covering casinos, gaming clubs and ANJ-approved online sites for at least three years; more than 85,000 people were registered in late 2025.

Player protection and self-exclusion in France

Overview

The ANJ treats excessive gambling as one of the market’s most pressing risks and says gambling is practised by one French person in two. Its voluntary self-exclusion scheme (interdiction volontaire de jeux) lets a person ask to be barred from casinos, gaming clubs, ANJ-approved online sites and FDJ and PMU games played with a player account. The exclusion lasts at least three years, renews tacitly, and cannot be lifted in the first three years; accounts already open with legal operators are closed.

The register has grown quickly: more than 85,000 people were on it in late 2025, against about 40,000 when the ANJ took it over in 2021, with about 19,000 registrations in 2024. On 18 November 2025 the ANJ relaunched the service online with stronger identity checks. Lawful operators must warn players of the risks, provide moderation, self-exclusion and deposit and stake self-limitation tools, and show the account balance permanently. Minors, even emancipated, may not take part in authorised games. Anyone concerned about their gambling can ask the ANJ or a licensed operator about these tools.

The ANJ’s relaunch of the register and its size. [1]

The ANJ FAQ on duration and lifting. [2]

The Code’s rules on minors, warnings and moderation tools. [3]

The ANJ’s player-protection workstreams. [4]

Key facts

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    Anyone can ask the ANJ to register them on the voluntary self-exclusion register (interdiction volontaire de jeux), which bars access to casinos, gaming clubs, ANJ-approved online sites and FDJ and PMU games played with a player account; it lasts at least three years, renews tacitly and cannot be lifted in the first three years.

    Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ), Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ), Légifrance (Direction de l’information légale et administrative)

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    More than 85,000 people were on the voluntary self-exclusion register in late 2025 (about 40,000 when the ANJ took over the register in 2021, a 25% rise over two years), and about 19,000 registered in 2024; the ANJ relaunched the service online on 18 November 2025 with stronger identity checks and a target of one-day effective registration.

    Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)

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    Lawfully authorised operators must warn players of the risks of excessive or pathological gambling and put in place moderation, self-exclusion and deposit and stake self-limitation tools, and must permanently show each player their instant account balance (CSI art. L. 320-11 as currently in force).

    Légifrance (Direction de l’information légale et administrative)

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    The ANJ states that gambling is practised by one French person in two and that, while it is not an ordinary leisure activity, its mission is to keep it recreational and controlled, with workstreams on excessive-gambling prevention, minors and the illegal offer.

    Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)

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    Minors, even emancipated, may not take part in authorised games of chance (CSI art. L. 320-7), and lawful operators must prevent minors from taking part in the games they offer (art. L. 320-8); the ANJ states that selling gambling to minors is banned in shops and online.

    Légifrance (Direction de l’information légale et administrative), Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)

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  1. Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)Primary source — Interdiction volontaire de jeux : un nouveau service en ligne avec une expérience plus fluide et un contrôle d’identité renforcé — https://anj.fr/interdiction-volontaire-de-jeux-un-nouveau-service-en-ligne-avec-une-experience-plus-fluide
  2. Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)Primary source — Interdiction de jeux (FAQ) — https://anj.fr/foire-aux-questions/interdiction-de-jeux
  3. Légifrance (Direction de l’information légale et administrative)Primary source — Code de la sécurité intérieure, chapitre préliminaire (articles L320-1 à L320-18), version history — https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/id/LEGISCTA000039169684
  4. Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ)Primary source — Protéger les joueurs — https://anj.fr/nos-actions/proteger-les-joueurs