ANJ Algorithm Links 60% of Online GGR to Heavy Gambling
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The ANJ’s data shows that high-risk players account for 60% of the total GGR from online gambling.Â
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The legal gambling market rose by 3% in 2025, with a gross gaming revenue (GGR) touching €14.1 billion ($16.6 billion).
The French gambling regulatory body, ANJ, has introduced a new algorithm intending to identify a large number of problem gamblers. Reports further claim that these individuals’ participation amounts to €1.2 billion in gross gaming revenue (GGR), which is roughly 60%.Â
The French National Gaming Authority (ANJ) is developing a new tool as part of its 2024-2026 strategic plan. The mission is to make sustained efforts to retrieve players from excessive gambling and gambling-related disorders.Â
The ANJ highlighted that the algorithm’s performance has been validated and measured using the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI), under the supervision of a committee of experts.
The newly designed algorithm is said to use 23 indicators that classify players into four categories: recreational, moderate risk, excessive, and manifestly excessive.
It was initially reported that around 60,000 players had been found with excessive gambling habits in the second half of 2025.
Latest data suggest improvements by the operators in recognising players with problem gambling. But still, there is a huge disparity between what operators and what algorithms say. Â
ANI Agency has advised operators to integrate the new algorithm into the platforms to raise the effectiveness of identifying problem gambling. At the same time, regulators will use this algorithm and continue to make their own analysis.
The French regulated gambling market has grown marginally by 3%, registering gross gaming revenue of €14.1 billion ($16.6 billion) in 2025.Â
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The French National Gaming Authority (ANJ) is developing a new tool as part of its 2024-2026 strategic plan. The mission is to make sustained efforts to retrieve players from excessive gambling and gambling-related disorders.Â
The ANJ highlighted that the algorithm’s performance has been validated and measured using the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI), under the supervision of a committee of experts.
The newly designed algorithm is said to use 23 indicators that classify players into four categories: recreational, moderate risk, excessive, and manifestly excessive.
It was initially reported that around 60,000 players had been found with excessive gambling habits in the second half of 2025.
Latest data suggest improvements by the operators in recognising players with problem gambling. But still, there is a huge disparity between what operators and what algorithms say. Â
ANI Agency has advised operators to integrate the new algorithm into the platforms to raise the effectiveness of identifying problem gambling. At the same time, regulators will use this algorithm and continue to make their own analysis.
The French regulated gambling market has grown marginally by 3%, registering gross gaming revenue of €14.1 billion ($16.6 billion) in 2025.Â
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