Casino News Today in France

A curated, automatically updated feed of gambling news from France: online casinos and land-based venues, regulatory changes, key events, and emerging trends – all based on coverage from local news outlets.
Jun 14, 2026
A 36-year-old Nigerian who arrived in Italy about ten years ago has won 500,000 euros in the lottery. Thanks to his scratch ticket, the country granted him a residence permit. “I prayed for this moment to come since my arrival in Italy,” Imagbe…
Jun 13, 2026
Emmanuel Duplessy (Generation.s) this week introduced a bill aimed at restricting advertising for sports betting
16:00 — Paris
www.sudouest.fr
Jun 12, 2026
In a statement, the National Rugby League announced that six Pro D2 players have been summoned by the disciplinary commission over sports betting. Their hearing will take place on June 17.
Jun 11, 2026
As the Football World Cup gets underway, Loiret Green MP Emmanuel Duplessy is taking aim at sports betting, which is set to flood the screens. He recently introduced a bill in the National Assembly to regulate their advertising. A real public health…
Jun 10, 2026
An American woman who had managed to sneak into a casino even though she was banned from gambling hit the jackpot. But during identity checks, the woman in her sixties was unmasked.
Jun 9, 2026
A few days before the 2026 World Cup, the National Gaming Authority expects up to 1.2 billion euros in bets in France and warns about addiction.
On May 31, a 69-year-old American woman sneaked into a casino in Pennsylvania, even though she had banned herself for life from gambling establishments. Spotted after hitting the jackpot on a...
Jun 5, 2026
Erik Seive and his wife Annick, the owners of the bar-restaurant Le Transe Fer, have been facing an internet outage for fifteen days that is blocking the operation of the PMU terminal (Pari Mutuel Urbain). Technicians keep coming one after another,…
04:00 — Unieux
www.leprogres.fr
May 22, 2026
Tried for embezzling more than 300,000 euros from the Saint-Amand school and middle school in Bayonne, the former accountant was sentenced to three years in prison, including two suspended, by the Bayonne court this Thursday, May 21. He used nearly…
02:00 — Bayonne
www.ici.fr
May 21, 2026
The former accountant of the Saint-Amand school in Bayonne was sentenced this Thursday, May 21, to three years in prison, two of them suspended, for breach of trust and money laundering. He lost 308,000 euros
17:25 — Bayonne
www.sudouest.fr
May 19, 2026
In France, casinos and gambling operators are subject to strict regulations aimed at preventing gambling addiction, including, among other things, the obligation to prevent excessive gambling and the identification of at-risk players. This is a…
May 17, 2026
“Parents from elsewhere.” Twice a month, one of our journalists abroad explores parenting beyond our borders. Although online betting sites are forbidden to minors, nearly one in five American teenagers logs on to them… often in secret. Some become…