Tag: France

The local government in Fécamp has renewed Joa group’s licence to operate its casino. The company was the only firm to participate in the commune’s tender for the concession, which notice launched in May 2019.

With its casinos in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Tunisia closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, French casino group Partouche Group has furloughed the majority of its workforce.

With France’s new gambling regulator, L’autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) is set to be “fully operational” by spring this year, the government recently published a new decree setting out the agency’s key functions and responsibilities.

French casinos saw a small rise in gaming revenues throughout 2018, however more than half the country’s gaming floors saw declines last year.

Link King continues to expand in the European markets and has arrived at one of the most emblematic casinos in France, Casino Barrière d’Enghien-les-Bains operated by the Barriere Group, thanks to the company’s distribution agreement with SFM Mascot. “Link King is a very attractive option to diversify the current range of games that the Casino Barrière d’Enghien-les Bains offer to...

While Europe is a mature market, EGT’s solutions continue to gain ground on the continent. The Super Premier 75 cabinet has seen multiple deployments in France this year, while the company has released 31 brand new games in Switzerland in 2018 alone.

After the success of EGT’s Super Premier cabinets in several gambling establishments across France, the firm is aiming to hit the mark again by installing another "super" model. The Super Premier 75 is now offering high-level gaming services to the guests of the newly built Sanary-sur-mer, the latest member of the Vikings Group’s family. The casino’s hall is equipped with...

TCSJohnHuxley has announced that LGS Gaming has become the sole supply partner for its products and services throughout France and French-speaking Switzerland, with immediate effect.   This new agreement underlines TCSJohnHuxley’s strategy to provide excellent local customer support, to ensure the requirements of operators’ can be dealt with quickly and efficiently. LGS Gaming is well established in the region, headed up...

The international gaming company, Zitro, has confirmed it has received approval within the French market for a number of its key products. Zitro has obtained the manufacturer's license that allows them to supply French customers with its wide range of Bryke Video Bingo and Video Slots products. In addition, Zitro claims it has also obtained approval of the Blackwave product line...

Gaming professionals from Brazil to Botswana, Germany to Ghana and Lithuania to Lesotho will be amongst the delegates expected at the inaugural Gaming Africa, Clarion Gaming’s two day conference and learning symposium being held across 24th and 25th October in Johannesburg. Representatives from a total of 47 nations have registered to be part of the free to attend event, including...

Delegates attending the forthcoming EiG (Arena Berlin: 30 October – 1 November) will be given direct access to a panel of gaming experts and regulators who will be providing their analysis of changes to the taxation and licensing landscape across key European jurisdictions including the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Italy, Malta, Poland and Romania.   The influential EiG panel, moderated by...

BetConstruct has been granted a Remote Gaming Licence for its sportsbook product by ARJEL, the French online games regulator.   The licence enables the company to provide its sports betting software to partners that operate in France. “Being granted a licence by ARJEL is a powerful guarantee of reliability and a stamp of recognition of the strengths of BetConstruct,” David Ozararat, regional...

In the Netherlands, legislators have upheld the gaming regulator, Kansspelautoriteit’s (KSA), right to impose significant fines on foreign online gambling providers that offer their services and products to players in the country without possessing a local licence. On 13 July, the District Court in The Hague ruled that the KSA possesses the legal authority to levy fines against international...

Ian Fleming built his plot for Casino Royale around James Bond playing a game of baccarat in a French casino, now the game could be set to attract Chinese tourists to the capital’s new clubs de jeux. Casino de France’s executive director, Philippe Bon, discusses the new normal as the Macron era dawns in France.   I want France to be...

The two latest slot products from Euro Games Technology are gaining ground in France, speeding up the plans of the company to develop further on the local market.   Euro Games Technology (EGT), of one the fastest growing companies in the global gaming industry, has confirmed its two newest products are proving to be key hits in France. EGT claims that over...

French casino operator, the Tranchant Group, has announced plans to relocate its Pau casino licence from Palais Beaumont, currently situated in the central southwestern region of the city, to an industrial area in the north.   The Pyrenees-Atlantiques (Pau) municipal council is reported to have approved the move, now due to be completed by the end of 2019. The group has...

Marseille’s mayor, Jean-Claude Gaudin, has ruled out conference centre, La Villa Méditerranée, as the site of the city’s first casino on the grounds that the venue lacks the space for a proper gambling floor.   Major casino groups have set their sights on the city in the south of France, which unlike a number of neighbouring towns - including Aix-en-Provence, La...

Scientific Games launches the first two installments of its Tournaments Express systems in both France and Portugal.   Scientific Games has commenced the roll out of its new Tournaments Express slot solution with the first of four installations entering the European market. The leading gaming industry developer has launched the slot tournament solution initially at Pasino Saint Amand Les Eaux in France...

Midweight operator Société Française de Casinos (SFC) has expanded its presence in France following the purchase of two casinos.   According to local news outlets, the group has bought a casino in Capvern, a spa town in the High Pyrenees, following the death of the former owner. Over the next two years, SFC said it would invest more than E1.5m in...