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Groupe FDJ lauds its improved operating efficiencies to overcome a year of stagnant results in its flagship Française des Jeux (FDJ) lottery offering. This morning, the Paris Euronext gambling group published its full-year 2023 accounts, declaring corporate revenues of €2.61bn, up 6% on FY2022 comparative income of €2.46bn. Corporate leadership underlined new efficiencies achieved in 2023, as FDJ’s recurring EBITDA …

Kindred Group Plc will continue to prioritise enhancing operating efficiencies and cost controls, with shareholders set to vote on the future of the Stockholm online gambling group. The focus on cost controls is required as Kindred published its Q4 and full-year 2023 results this morning, revealing period corporate losses of £19m (Q42022: £52m). Full-year accounts see profits ‘before tax’ decline …

Kindred Group Plc cites that improved customer interventions have led to a ‘slight decrease’ in revenue share generated from harmful gambling, recorded during the close of 2023. The Stockholm-listed gambling group continues to report on responsible gambling metrics and customer interventions on a quarterly basis as part of its ‘Journey towards Zero’- a social responsibility initiative launched in February 2021.  …

France’s gambling regulator Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has placed reducing excessive gambling and the protection of minors at the heart of its 2024-26 strategic plan and has called on all economic and institutional stakeholders to work alongside it to reach those targets. ANJ’s plan marks the end of its first cycle of regulation since it succeeded ARJEL as industry …

With Bet Builder set to be the sports betting sector’s flagship product in 2024 and beyond, Olivier Kaplan, an expert in online sports betting with more than 20 years of experience with Française des Jeux and Betclic, analyses the evolution of betting products over the past 25 years. For nearly 10 years now, almost all sports betting operators have been …

The news that the board of Unibet’s parent company Kindred Group has approved a €2.6bn cash offer from La Française des Jeux (FDJ) comes at a crucial time for the online gambling industry in France, and further rocks the competitive landscape of European gambling across all verticals… For FDJ the announcement follows its acquisitions of Premier Lotteries Ireland and ZEturf …

Kindred Group Plc has detailed improved financial results and corporate KPIs, closing full-year 2023 trading. The board of the Stockholm-listed online gambling group published a preliminary trading update due to the €2.6bn takeover offer tabled this morning by Groupe Française des Jeux (Groupe FDJ). Q4 results saw Kindred achieve period revenues of £313m, reflecting a 2% increase on 2022 comparatives …

France’s largest casino groups have written to the new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal excoriating Française des Jeux (FDJ) for its aggressive expansionary policies and the “monopolistic advantages” that enable the former state-owned company to operate across all verticals and channels in the country. The letter, seen by the newspaper Les Echos, was signed by the CEOs of the Barrière, Partouche, Tranchant …

SBC Correspondent Jake Pollard reports on the power plays of FDJ, as regulatory discussions turn to French gambling’s pending evolution… The Autorité Nationale des Jeux’s (ANJ) recent report into the illegal online casino market in France confirmed previously published estimates of its size, value and exposure to consumers. Yet, the question of its regulation and the possible outcome that Groupe FDJ may …

In a new series, SBC Correspondent Jake Pollard dissects the intricacies of pricing European betting markets, for their unique and respective audiences. Supported by Propus Partners, Part 1 examines French football markets priced by a diverse cast of bookmakers, competing in a marketplace where margins and market share are impacted by markets offered, pay out ratios capped at 85% and …