{"id":1583,"date":"2023-12-06T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T08:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2023-12-06T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T09:02:31","slug":"egba-calls-on-france-to-regulate-online-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/egba-calls-on-france-to-regulate-online-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"EGBA calls on France to regulate online casino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><em>EGBA urges the French authorities to regulate online casino games in response to an alarming new study which suggests the country has one of the EU\u2019s largest online gambling black markets.<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong> &nbsp; &nbsp; The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) expresses its concern about the findings of a new study into the size of France\u2019s black market for online gambling. The study, commission by the national gambling authority l\u2019Autorit\u00e9 Nationale des Jeux, estimates France\u2019s black market for online gambling to be worth up to \u20ac1.5 billion annually in gross gaming revenue (GGR), equivalent to nearly half France\u2019s regulated online gambling revenue.&nbsp;This suggests that France has one of the EU\u2019s largest online gambling black markets and, to address the problem, EGBA calls on the French authorities to end the country\u2019s ban on online casino games.<br><br>Although France is one of Europe\u2019s significant gambling markets, it is one of just two EU countries which has a ban on online casino games,&nbsp;creating a black market with all its inherent risks. The new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/egba.us19.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=082a28cb9fc83e0a178a5ca55&amp;id=7f97e1137a&amp;e=34e44482c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">study<\/a>,&nbsp;conducted by PwC, found that websites offering online casino games are major contributors to the country\u2019s online black market and, along with slots, account for up to 50% of France\u2019s black market website traffic. While there is demand in France for these games, these websites operate outside of French laws and many of them threaten the safety of French players, who have no legal recourse nor minimum protections, such as self-exclusion, when they use them. To safeguard these players and foster a safe gambling environment for all, EGBA urges the French authorities to reassess the country\u2019s existing ban on online casino games, and, consistent with the already established French regulation of online sports betting, take the necessary steps to ensure there is a safe and regulated environment also for the country\u2019s online casino players.<br><br>The study found that around 3 million French players use black market websites at least once a month.<br><br>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.egba.eu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home Page &#8211; EGBA<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EGBA urges the French authorities to regulate online casino games in response to an alarming new study which suggests the country has one of the EU\u2019s largest online gambling black markets. &nbsp; &nbsp; The European Gaming<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"1970-01-01 02:00:00","action":"","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","browser_timezone_offset":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1589,"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions\/1589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agib.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}