Betsson France secures online poker licence and approval for cross-border tables

Betsson France’s players will also be able to join poker tables shared with Spain, Italy, and Portugal, once every regulator involved agrees and the software is approved.  

Betsson France has been licensed to offer online poker in France. The decision makes it the ninth company on the French regulator’s list of poker licence holders.

What the ANJ approved

The board of France’s Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ) adopted two decisions on 15 October 2026. Both were published in the Journal officiel on 23 October.

Betsson France applied for the poker licence on 22 June 2026. The licence runs for five years from 15 October 2026. It is renewable but cannot be transferred, and the poker offer must run on betsson.fr.

Before going live, Betsson France has to notify the ANJ that its data archiving system is running. From that point, it has six months to file its first certification. It must also file a second certification, covering game integrity and information security, within one year of receiving the licence.

Shared tables with Spain, Italy, and Portugal

The second decision lets Betsson France’s players join poker tables shared with other countries. This falls under the agreement on shared poker liquidity signed on 6 July 2017 by four regulators.

The authorisation comes with three conditions:

• Every regulator involved must agree to the shared tables.
• The gaming software used for the shared tables must be approved.
• Betsson France must tell the ANJ about any change to the arrangement, including a new party joining the liquidity-sharing contract or the contract being terminated.

Betsson’s licences in France

Betsson France has held an online sports betting licence since 21 September 2023. That year, Betsson entered the French market through a joint venture with a local partner.

Nine companies hold online poker licences on the ANJ’s list of licensed operators dated 15 October 2026, which ran in the same Journal officiel issue:

• B.E.S. SAS
• Betclic Enterprises Limited
• Betsson France SA
• FDJ Online Betting and Gaming France
• Hillside (New Media Malta) PLC
• La Française des Jeux
• Pari Mutuel Urbain
• Reel Malta Limited
• Winamax

The same list shows Betsson France SA with two licences: fixed-odds sports betting and poker. It has no licence for horse racing betting, the third category on the list. Across the group, Betsson holds gaming licences in 22 countries, according to its third-quarter 2026 report.

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