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By The Weekly Edge desk ·
iGaming Business reported that ANJ fined an unnamed operator €500,000 for failing to identify high-risk players. The operator disputed the investigation, arguing French law did not define pathological gambling in statute.
The penalty concerns player-identification obligations disputed by the operator.
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