Strong growth in sports betting during the fourth quarter helped France's regulated iGaming market to post a 7.5 per cent increase in total gross gaming revenue for 2016, despite the decline of horse racing and poker.

Total market GGR rose to €813m in 2016, with sports betting accounting for almost half of total revenue at €349m, an increase of 29 per cent year-on-year.

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