Following the approval of amendments to the Professional Sports Bill, France is edging closer to implementing loss limit wagering control on customers aged 18 to 25.
Amendments to the Professional Sports Bill were given the go-ahead by the National Assembly of France earlier this week, seeking to reorder controls and protections of professional sports and athlete rights.
Former President of the Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, had backed the measure as a means of protecting consumers under 25 who are highly engaged with the online sports betting market.
While the amendments aim to establish an age-specific loss limit on French sportsbook licences, no monetary threshold is set. It will instead be determined by the French government in secondary regulation, following ANJ consultation.
If the loss limits come into force, France would follow the Netherlands in becoming the second commercially regulated European gambling market to legislate mandatory loss limits for players aged under 24.
Other countries have limits in play with slight differences. Norway’s state monopoly Norsk Tipping operates compulsory loss limits, while a £2 maximum stake limit for online slot games played by customers aged 18 to 24 came into force in May 2025 in the UK under the Gambling Act Review White Paper.
New ANJ lead
The legislation in France comes as the ANJ changes its leadership, with the departing President Falque-Pierrotin being replaced by Pascal Chevremont, taking over its regulatory agenda.
Alongside 18-25 loss limits, the ANJ is expected to oversee new gambling advertising controls, help develop a new ‘protection architecture’ for French gambling consumers and explore establishing a roadmap to launch a regulated iGaming market.
When asked about the potential for online casino regulation, Chevremont emphasised that the ANJ’s role is to assist legislators and that any regulatory push for change must be government-led.
He said: “For me, the role of the authority is to inform parliament if the discussion ever comes up. This legalisation could only happen following the discussion by the legislature.
“I think that the debate in parliament is very important and will allow us to discuss all various issues and the authority will shed light on the exercise of regulation over a potentially legalised sector.”
