Is online gambling legal in France?
Legal & regulated
France proposed new laws to regulate and tax Internet gambling in 2009.
France is one of 7 countries classified “Legal & regulated” for online gambling — 33% of the 21 with data. (Also searched as online betting.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Online gambling
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Germany
- Varies by region Only Schleswig-Holstein allows online gambling licenses, while other states ban it.
- United Kingdom
- Legal & regulated Online gambling is legal and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 2005.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Varies by region Online gambling is legal but regulated separately by each entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Poland
- Partially legal Online gambling is restricted to sites holding a Polish license.
- Belarus
- Legal & regulated Online gambling was legalized in Belarus in 2018 with licensed operations from 2019.
- Ukraine
- Legal & regulated Online gambling is legal and licensed following the 2020 legislation reintroducing the market.
Other laws in France
- Cryptocurrency
- Legal
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