Autorité nationale des jeux

What Autorité nationale des jeux does

The Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ) is France's independent administrative authority (autorité administrative indépendante) responsible for regulating all gambling, gaming, and sports betting activity within the country. Established by ordinance on October 2, 2019 and operational since June 23, 2020, ANJ succeeded ARJEL with an expanded mandate covering online operators as well as monopoly holders FDJ (lottery) and PMU (horse betting). It licenses and supervises 17 online gambling operators plus the two monopoly holders, while protecting players and minors, combating illegal gambling, preventing money laundering, and preserving sports integrity.

The organization's principal technology asset is a proprietary algorithm developed to identify excessive gamblers across all licensed online operators. The algorithm applies 23 risk indicators to categorize players into four groups (recreational, moderate risk, excessive, manifestly excessive), and was validated against the Canadian Excessive Gambling Index (ICJE) under a scientific committee. ANJ also publishes reference frameworks, runs a mediation service for player-operator disputes, and uses administrative blocking powers against illegal domains. It operates a website (anj.fr), maintains presence across major social platforms, and runs public-awareness campaigns tied to events such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

ANJ is not a commercial enterprise and does not sell products or services. Its operations are funded through the French state budget and regulatory fees collected from licensed operators, rather than market revenue. It is governed by a college whose members are appointed by government decree and is supervised by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Customer-facing services are limited to consumer mediation (1,856 requests in 2025) and public information resources, while the bulk of activity is directed at licensed operators requiring ongoing compliance oversight.

Name

Autorité nationale des jeux

Legal name

Autorité nationale des jeux

Website

https://anj.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ) is France's independent gambling regulator, licensing and supervising 17 online operators plus FDJ and PMU monopolies while protecting players, combating illegal gambling, and preventing money laundering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Issy-les-moulineaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Autorité nationale des jeux regulates the French gambling and gaming market by licensing and supervising online operators, monopoly holders (FDJ, PMU), and related activities. It protects players and minors through a proprietary algorithm for detecting excessive gamblers, mediation services, and voluntary self-exclusion tools, while combating illegal gambling sites via court-ordered ISP blocking and enforcing anti-money laundering rules.

Product overview

Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ) is France's independent regulatory authority for gambling and gaming, established to ensure safe, fair, and controlled gambling practices. The organization does not offer commercial products in the traditional sense but provides public-facing services including regulatory oversight of licensed gambling operators, player protection tools, and public information resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Operator licensing and regulatory oversight
• Médiateur des jeux (Gambling mediation service)

Quantifiable outcome

• 600,000 excessive players identified algorithmically (8.7% of total players)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Observatoire français des drogues et des toxicomanies (OFDT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2021Three-year partnership convention covering joint research on gambling addiction, data sharing on gambling behaviors, and coordination on funding scientific studies on gambling harm prevention.
• Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for developing GDPR compliance guidance for gambling operators. CNIL co-developed the practical guide on personal data processing in gambling with ANJ.
• Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes (DGCCRF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation protocol for enforcement against illegal gambling sites and misleading tipster services. DGCCRF conducts controls based on ANJ referrals. Joint warnings issued for major sporting events.
• Autorité de régulation professionnelle de la publicité (ARPP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to translate regulatory restrictions on gambling advertising into concrete operational guidelines for operators.
• TRACFIN (Cellule de renseignement financier national)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnti-money laundering cooperation. TRACFIN provides guidance on financial intelligence and fraud detection for gambling operators.
• Service central des courses et jeux (SCCJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordination on gambling regulation for casinos and gaming circles under SCCJ jurisdiction, while ANJ handles online operators and monopoly holders.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner: Regulates B2D online gambling operators from Gibraltar, many of which are licensed separately to serve French players; relevant as a peer regulator whose licensees interact with ANJ's perimeter.

Broad incumbents

• Nevada Gaming Control Board: U.S. state-level gambling regulator with extensive licensing and investigation powers; relevant as a long-established reference model for ANJ-style regulatory enforcement, though US-specific jurisdictional context differs.

Direct peers

• UK Gambling Commission: Statutory regulator of commercial gambling in Great Britain; the closest functional analog to ANJ in terms of licensing, compliance, and player-protection mandate for online and retail gambling.
• Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ): Spain's national gambling regulator under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs; oversees online betting, poker, and casino licensing with a comparable EU regulatory structure to ANJ.
• Spelinspektionen (Swedish Gambling Authority): Sweden's national gambling regulator since re-regulation in 2019; performs analogous licensing, AML supervision, and responsible-gambling enforcement functions to ANJ in a comparable European market.
• Kansspelautoriteit (Dutch Gambling Authority): Dutch national regulator for games of chance; enforces licensing, AML, and player-protection rules across online and land-based gambling, directly comparable to ANJ's mandate.
• Malta Gaming Authority (MGA): Single EU regulator licensing both B2C and B2D gambling; comparable to ANJ in overseeing online casino, sports betting, and poker operators serving French consumers from Malta-licensed entities.
• Belgian Gaming Commission: Belgium's federal gambling regulator licensing games of chance online and offline; closely comparable to ANJ in a smaller francophone-adjacent market with strict responsible-gambling rules.
• Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM): Italy's customs and monopoly agency, which includes gambling regulation (online betting, poker, casino, AWP/VLT); comparable in combining licensing, taxation, and enforcement for a national gambling market.
• Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL): Germany's joint federal-state gambling regulator (active since 2022); analogous newly-formed authority enforcing a unified online gambling licensing framework, structurally similar to ANJ's role in France.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ANJ_FR
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCUf9kvMr3PomF66QbRQw4iw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anj-french-gaming-regulatory-authority
• Instagraminstagram.com/anj.regulateur

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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