Question 22875 — games and betting

Summary

Ms. Manuéla Kéclard-Mondésir questions the Minister of the Economy and Finance on the question of the impact on casinos and municipal resources of the law relating to the action plan for business growth and transformation (PACTE) of May 22, 2019, which provides for the privatization of Française des jeux. An order, currently subject to analysis by the Council of State and the European Commission, must determine the offer of games. But, in any case, in the absence of strict supervision of the offer, Française des jeux will be able to install gaming terminals in all of its current and future points of sale. There is risk and uncertainty. Uncertainty remains regarding games very close to casinos, including slot machines, until now entrusted to the casino monopoly. Risk, for example in a local authority like that of Martinique, is that the economic activity of casinos and their employees are seriously threatened. There is also a risk on municipal resources, on the tax levies that casinos pay to municipal budgets. Finally, there is a third, forgotten risk, which is that of public health: access to games for minors (whose access to casinos remains prohibited) becomes possible in non-public environments. monitored and not staffed by personnel trained in detecting addictive behaviors. She therefore questions him on the need to strengthen the resources of small municipalities in this context, particularly overseas where some live almost exclusively from the “tourist” activity of their casino, and on the need to provide in the ordinance for the need for strict supervision of the games offered by Française des jeux.

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