{"id":989347,"date":"2026-05-28T03:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/989347\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T03:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:27:20","slug":"bet365-secures-approval-to-launch-in-france-two-weeks-out-from-world-cup-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/989347\/","title":{"rendered":"bet365 secures approval to launch in France two weeks out from World Cup \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a class=\"back-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2190 Back to Newsroom<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\nWednesday, May 27, 2026 9:45 PM<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" class=\"no-lazy\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kylian-mbappe-france-1000x600.jpg\"  \/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sbcnews.co.uk.jpg\"\/>Patrick Killeen, SBC News<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<p>UK-headquartered gambling giant bet365 has officially launched in France after securing approval from the Autorit\u00e9 Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), just weeks before the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off.<\/p>\n<p>The move, which has been in the works since last year, marks one of the most significant new entries into the regulated French online betting market in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The French market has undergone significant changes over the last few years, most notably FDJ United\u2019s acquisition of the Kindred Group brands and Betclic\u2019s merger with Tipico under the umbrella of the Banijay Group.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it seems that 2026 is the time for bet365 to expand its presence in yet another market, with the operator\u2019s French platform now live through its webpage and mobile applications.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sbcnews.co.uk\/sportsbook\/2026\/05\/27\/bet365-launches-in-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Article continues on SBC News\u00a0\u2b95<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sbcnews.co.uk\/sportsbook\/2026\/05\/27\/bet365-launches-in-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"osButton button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\t\t\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2190 Back to Newsroom Wednesday, May 27, 2026 9:45 PM Patrick Killeen, SBC News Email, LinkedIn, and more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":989348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5309],"tags":[19653,2000,299,5221,36,13146],"class_list":["post-989347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-bet365","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-expansion","tag-france","tag-licensing"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116650079953380693","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/989348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}