The FDJ launches its online poker offer

Everyone knows the English Games Federation sites de jeux d'argent en ligne. (FDJ), for its sports betting offerings, whether online or in tobacco shops, and for its bets on horse races. But from now on, you can also play online poker, as is the case on many gambling websites. Online casinos thanks to the FDJ. Indeed, it has just obtained the authorization, which it has been coveting for quite some time now, to offer online poker activities.

The FDJ authorized to offer online poker

The FDJ is one of the companies of games of chance the best known, if not the best known. Since the early 2000s, it has offered a rather extensive offer of sports betting and horse racing betting.

But since October 20, 2022, the FDJ will finally be able to offer its users to play poker online. The National Gaming Authority (ANJ) has just given its approval so that the group can offer such activities.

The fact that the FDJ wants to get into the middle of circle games online wasn't a secret anymore, even though she kept trying to hide it, but now it's official.

The approval obtained by the FDJ to offer an online poker offer is valid for a 5 year term , but it may be renewed later.

An enriched offer

This authorization is great news for the FDJ group , which will thus see its offer enriched, with the arrival of an extremely popular game. This should allow for attracting a large number of new players, who did not specifically frequent FDJ's betting offers before.

These offers were already well supplied with a wide range of sport bets . It is indeed possible to bet on a multitude of sports from a tobacconist, or online on the FDJ website. It includes the most popular sports such as soccer , tennis or basketball, but also others that are a little less publicized.

THE horse betting also attract a large number of bettors. Few bookmakers offer this type of betting, which means that players who are fans of horse racing often go to the FDJ.

A turnover that should continue to increase

The arrival of poker on the FDJ platforms will greatly contribute to the increase in Turnover of society. This one had already experienced a significant increase this summer, with a 35% increase in bets between July and September. The total amount of bets amounted to 643 million euros, representing 13% of the total bets in the online gaming market.

Since the start of 2022, FDJ revenues have increased by 12%, which is a significant increase. The turnover of the group then recently reached the sum of $1.81 billion .

But when the offer of Poker will be in place, there is no doubt that the turnover will still increase considerably. The FDJ is therefore experiencing good times and obtaining this approval from ANJ is really good news. We can't wait to be able to test the poker games on the FDJ platforms.