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Gambling Lawsuits in France: Every Case, Court and Settlement

Cases on record
11
Open settlements
0
Status mix
10 judgment entered, 1 settlement finally approved
Facts checked
14 Nov 2026

Settlements you can still claim

No settlement in this group has an open claim window as of 14 Nov 2026. Settled cases without a deadline and closed claim windows appear in the full table below.

Every case we track

11 cases, newest filing first. Titles link to the case page where one is published; the rest are on record and get their page in turn.

CaseCourtDocketFiledStatusMoneyClaim deadline
Conseil d'État upholds Betclic's EUR 150,000 payout-cap fineConseil d'État, 5e-6e chambres réunies500722 (ANJ decision 2024/023)20 Jan 2025Judgment entered as of 11 Jun 2026EUR 150,000 fine confirmed (0.3 point above 85%, about EUR 9m extra payouts, und
Conseil d'État: a casino building owned by Partouche is a 'bien de retour' of the communeConseil d'État, 7e-2e chambres réunies5033172025Judgment entered as of 17 Jul 2025EUR 3,000 costs against the commune
Conseil d'État confirms ANJ power to curb FDJ's scratch cards and 'good cause' advertisingConseil d'État, 5e-6e chambres réunies489680; 489681, 489682, 4896832023Judgment entered as of 11 Feb 2025
FDJ monopoly and EUR 380m exclusive-rights payment upheld by the Conseil d'ÉtatConseil d'État, 5e-6e chambres réunies436439, 436441, 436449Dec 2019Judgment entered as of 30 Sep 2025EUR 380m paid by FDJ for 25-year exclusive rights (cahier des charges art. 3), r
EGBA, Kindred and Betclic challenge the 2019 gambling reform; ordinance annulled in one pointConseil d'État, 5e-6e chambres réunies436434, 436450, 436814, 436822, 436866Dec 2019Judgment entered as of 14 Apr 2023
Conseil d'État: consumer law applies to online gambling and the ANJ can enforce itConseil d'État, 5e-6e chambres réunies4317862019Judgment entered as of 24 Mar 2021
Cour de cassation: casino cannot recover EUR 170,000 of cheques that were loans to gambleCour de cassation, première chambre civile (on appeal from Cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence, 2 May 2019)19-20.644 (ECLI:FR:CCASS:2021:C100291)2 Apr 2014Judgment entered as of 8 Apr 2021EUR 170,000 claim rejected; casino bears costs
Betclic forces PMU to separate online and retail betting poolsAutorité de la concurrence14-D-04 (saisine 12/0001 F)2 Jan 2012Settlement finally approved as of 25 Feb 2014
Plombinoise de Casino QPC on casino leviesConseil constitutionnel (QPC referred by Conseil d'État 16 July 2010)2010-53 QPC16 Jul 2010Judgment entered as of 14 Oct 2010
Conseil constitutionnel upholds the 2010 online gambling lawConseil constitutionnel2010-605 DC13 Apr 2010Judgment entered as of 12 May 2010
Conseil d'État: casino concessions are public service delegations (Lille)Conseil d'État, 7e et 2e sous-sections réunies3415622010Judgment entered as of 19 Mar 2012EUR 3,000 costs awarded against Partouche (art. L. 761-1 CJA)

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Cases by company

2 companies with two or more cases in this group.

  • Autorité nationale des jeux (2)
  • GIE Pari Mutuel Urbain (1)

Cases by category

How the 11 cases split by subject.

Sources and method

Every row comes from a case record with at least one primary source: the court file, a court order, an administrator notice or a regulator decision. Status words follow the court record and carry their as-of date. Press reports are supporting evidence only. Operators are never linked. Corrections are made on the page with a dated note; see the contact form.

Last checked against the sources on 14 Nov 2026. Found an error? Tell us and we correct the record with a dated note.