Bookmakers licensed in France by the ANJ

What does "licensed in France" actually mean?

In France, only operators licensed by the Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ) can offer online sports betting. The ANJ supervises the market and issues the licences. It also publishes the list of authorised operators, along with the categories each one covers (sports betting, horse race betting, poker).

The list above only keeps the Sports betting category. So an operator licensed just for poker or horse racing won't appear in it. A licence tells you one thing: the operator is allowed to offer that activity. It doesn't promise the best odds, a dispute-free experience or profitable bets.

Licensed entity or site name?

The register shows the company that holds the licence, and that's not always the brand you know. One company can run several brands. One brand can sit on several domains. That's why the table above shows both the brand (or site) and the licence holder.

A licence from another country doesn't replace the French one, either. To offer online sports betting in France, an operator needs the matching ANJ licence, tied to a declared domain.

Why doesn't OddScore track every licensed bookmaker?

The regulator's list and OddScore's coverage answer two different questions. The ANJ tells you who's allowed to offer sports betting in France. OddScore shows which operators are currently plugged into its odds comparison.

So a bookmaker can be fully licensed without being tracked by us. And the "Tracked by OddScore" badge never replaces a look at the register. It just means some of that operator's odds are compared on the platform.

I want those two lists kept clearly apart. Blend them and "tracked by OddScore" would start to read like a seal of approval, which isn't something we're in a position to hand out.

How can I check a licence myself?

No third-party list replaces the official register, and that includes this one. To check a licence yourself:

1. Open the official ANJ register.
2. Search for the brand, domain or company.
3. Check that the licence status is active.
4. Check that it covers online sports betting.
5. Compare the domain you're using with the officially declared one.

Those steps work in any country, not just France. The full method, including how to read a licence type and a declared domain, is in how to check that a bookmaker is licensed.

Bonuses and free bets: what the rules say

In France, free bets and other bonuses are legal, the ANJ supervises them, and no law caps how big they can be. The framework is ANJ communication no. 2022-C-003 of 20 October 2022. It rules out any claim that an offer is risk-free. It bans the word "free" (gratuit) when an offer isn't genuinely free. It bars bonuses for players identified as excessive gamblers. And offers have to stay reasonable in volume, frequency and amount, with the ANJ able to limit them by reasoned decision.

The "€100 ANJ cap" you'll see quoted on plenty of sites comes from a recommendation in that same communication. It asks operators not to go above €100 in total for a welcome offer. It isn't binding. The ANJ also reviews every operator's promotional strategy each year. For 2026, it set no cap per bonus but asked operators to stay within the overall budget they'd announced.

To see what an offer like that is really worth, read how a free bet works.

Last verified at source: 11 October 2026.

Why does the list of licensed bookmakers change?

A regulatory list is never set in stone. The ANJ can grant a new licence or renew one. It can register a new domain, record a change of brand or withdraw a licence. An operator can also pause an activity on its own, or leave the market altogether. So always read the list together with its last-verified date.

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