(AOF) – The ANJ (National Gaming Authority) notes “progression of all activities” in the gambling market in the first half of 2023. The overall turnover of the gambling sector and of chance (excluding casinos) shows an increase of 4% compared to the first half of 2022 to reach 5.3 billion euros, the growth being “mainly driven by sports betting and online poker”.
While the activities of La Française Des Jeux (FDJ) and PMU represent 78% of the GGR (gross gaming product) of the total market, the GGR of FDJ activities reached 3.3 billion in the first half of 2023, an increase of 2 % compared to the first half of 2022. The PBJ represents the difference between the amount of stakes and the amounts paid to players.
The ANJ specifies that these good performances are “mainly due to sports betting activities at points of sale and in competition” whose stakes increased by 13% to stand at nearly 2.3 billion over this period. Lottery stakes increased by 2% to reach 8.2 billion. The launch of the FDJ’s poker activity in the second half of 2022 also helps explain part of the increase in online activity.
Usually the driving force behind the growth of the FDJ’s GRP, lottery activities remain efficient but “at a lower rate than that of sports betting activities, at points of sale and online”, which benefited from the dynamic generated by the Cup. of the world 2022 with the recruitment of new bettors.
In the first half of 2023, the online gaming sector regained significant momentum with GGR growing by 10% compared to the first half of the previous year to nearly 1.2 billion over a comparable sports and horse racing calendar. This level, however, remains lower than that observed in the first half of 2021 which included certain specificities including the holding of Euro 2020 and the closure of numerous horse racing betting sales points due to the health crisis leading to the postponement of many betting players horse racing at points of sale to the online channel.
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