France’s gambling regulator has warned that high-risk players account for a substantial share of online gambling revenue, after a newly launched algorithm identified around 600,000 players with a high probability of excessive gambling during the second half of 2025.
The Autorité Nationale des Jeux said those players represented 8.7% of the total online account-based gambling population across licensed operators, including accounts held with FDJ United and Pari-Mutuel Urbain, two of France’s largest gambling businesses.
According to the regulator, the players flagged by the algorithm generated €1.2 billion in gross gaming revenue, equivalent to 60% of total online gambling GGR in France. The ANJ described the revenue concentration as “concerning” and warned of a dual upward trend in the number of problem gamblers and their contribution to operator revenues.
The algorithm, described as the first of its kind in Europe, found a notable expansion in the number of players identified as being at risk or already experiencing problem gambling. Previously, 89,000 players had been identified, compared with 600,000 under the new tool.
The findings are expected to increase scrutiny of French operators, which will face greater pressure to monitor their customer bases, identify excessive or pathological gambling behavior, and document the scale of such activity among registered players.
Among the 600,000 players identified, ANJ said about 300,000 were classified as “manifestly excessive” gamblers. The regulator said these players are “so obviously problem gamblers that their identification by operators is imperative”.
The ANJ said it expects operators to implement the new tool, indicating that the algorithm is a regulatory push to improve the detection of at-risk gambling behavior across the licensed online market.
Original article: https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2026/05/15/120621-new-anj-algorithm-identifies-600-000-highrisk-online-gamblers-in-france
