As part of the fight against gambling addiction, four player protection measures will be proposed by the government. 600,000 French people would be affected.
The government wants to tackle the problem of gambling addiction. Valérie Fourneyron, Minister of Sports, and Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister of the Budget, traveling this Tuesday, June 18 to the Center for care and support for addictive practices have indeed announced four new measures to protect addicted players.
The Minister indicated on the one hand the strengthening of the fight against illegal gaming sites and their advertising, on the other hand the possibility for the Française des Jeux to access the file of prohibited games (35,000 names) available for consultation. moment only by casinos and online gaming operators. In addition, Bernard Cazeneuve also wishes to strengthen the protection of players’ assets in the event of operator default. But also, the simplification of the referral of the Sanctions Commission of the Regulatory Authority of online games (Arjel).
“These measures will be the subject of amendments within the framework of the discussion on the bill on consumption which must be defended by the Minister for Consumer Affairs Benoît Hamon in the Assembly from Monday, June 24”, specified the Minister of Budget.
The subject of gambling addictions is still little known, only one study exists. It was carried out by the French Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction (Ofdt) and the National Institute for Prevention and Education for Health (Inpes). It revealed in 2011 that 600,000 French people (400,000 at moderate risk and 200,000 excessive gamblers) were affected by addiction to gambling (1.3% of the population). But this figure could be higher today, because the survey was carried out before the opening of the French market for online games in June 2010.
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