Abstract
The French state has adopted multiple roles in regards to gambling, functioning simultaneously as a provider, beneficiary and regulator. The French gambling sector is divided in four sectors that benefit different causes: The National Lottery Company FDJ is an important contributor to the state budget, but also to sports and other earmarked causes, while the horse racing operator PMU finances the equestrian sector. The privately owned and operated casino sector contributes both to local and central budgets through heavy taxation. Private online gambling operators are also heavily taxed. Using key informant interviews conducted with providers and beneficiaries of gambling in France, this chapter discusses the allocation of gambling funds and how other beneficiaries experience the strong role of the state.
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Virve Marionneau is a researcher and Sébastien Berret has been a research assistant in an Academy of Finland funded project ‘Gambling in European Welfare Regimes’ (grant no. 277405). Virve Marionneau has previously received funding from the Finnish Foundation of Alcohol Studies and the Finnish Foundation for Gaming Research based on §52 of the Finnish Lotteries Act. Sébastien Berret is currently receiving a grant from the Finnish Foundation of Alcohol Studies. The money stems from Finnish gambling operations but the gambling monopoly has no influence on how the money is distributed and imposes no restrictions on publications.
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Marionneau, V., Berret, S. (2018). Gambling for the State: The Collection and Redistribution of Gambling Proceeds in France. In: Egerer, M., Marionneau, V., Nikkinen, J. (eds) Gambling Policies in European Welfare States . Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90620-1_2
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