l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s unified gambling regulator has published a full breakdown of technical requirements and data obligations which licensed operators must register with the authority.
The ANJ issued its ‘technical command’ on licensed operators having taken control of the regulatory supervision of French online gambling, retail betting, horse racing and lotteries.
The document details the technical requirements by gambling vertical (sports betting, lottery, poker and horse betting) which must be secured by licensed incumbents.
Furthermore, the ANJ provides a full breakdown of compliance procedures that operators must adopt while handling customers including – tracking of player accounts, checking of payment thresholds, confirmation of identity, cross-referencing address and further references.
With regards to its data policy, the ANJ has established a new framework of ‘requirements to archive material’ as a legal and regulatory obligation.
Operators must ensure that they follow the ANJ’s ‘architectural and functional’ requirements related to data collection, monitoring, security, storage and administrative rights.
