Frequently asked questions

The ANJ maintains a public register of licensed operators, including their customer service contacts. If a brand is absent from it, it is not authorised to offer sports betting in France, whatever its commercial promises. The register is available on anj.fr.

It is the licence number issued by the ANJ. The middle block indicates the scope — PS for sports betting — and the end matches the date it was granted. The decision creating it is published in the Journal officiel, so it can be retrieved on Légifrance.

No. A licence is granted for five years, renewable and non-transferable. A separate decision is required to add or remove a domain name attached to that licence. That is why we publish both the number and the associated decisions.

Identity verification is a French regulatory obligation imposed before any withdrawal. It confirms that you are of age, checks that you are not on the voluntary exclusion register, and satisfies anti-money-laundering rules. No licensed operator may waive it.

For a private bettor in France, winnings are not subject to income tax, because the levy is taken upstream on stakes and borne by the operator. Activity carried out on a habitual and organised basis may fall under a different analysis: speak to a qualified accountant about your situation.

It is a cap you set yourself on the amounts deposited over a given period. Every licensed operator must offer it, alongside a stake moderator. Lowering a cap takes effect immediately; raising one is subject to a cooling-off delay imposed by regulation.

You can ask to be added to the national voluntary exclusion register. Registration lasts three years, applies to every operator licensed in France, and cannot be lifted before it expires. The request is made through the ANJ.

No. It depends on the market, the moment in the fixture and the bet type. It is rarer on complex bet builders and can be suspended during a key phase. The value offered always embeds an operator margin: it is not a refund at the original odds.

No. Bleu Sports Betting is a purely editorial service. We accept no stakes, hold no funds, open no accounts and sell no tipping service. Our pages describe third-party operators, nothing more.

Through commercial links to certain licensed operators. When a reader opens an account after following such a link, we may receive a fee from the operator. It costs the reader nothing and changes neither the scores nor the content of the reviews. Full detail is on the Disclosure page.

No. The grid is published, applied identically, and each brand’s limits are written down in black and white. An operator does not review our copy before publication and cannot request the removal of a negative point.

Regulatory data is re-checked at every editorial revision, and immediately when an ANJ decision is brought to our attention. The date of the last check appears at the foot of each review.

Write to us via the Contact page, naming the page concerned and, if possible, the official source. We reply within 72 working hours and republish the corrected entry with its source.

Joueurs Info Service answers free of charge, anonymously and seven days a week on 09 74 75 13 13. The service also offers a chat line and a directory of specialist consultations across France.