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As the balls that all or the Lotto draw, the games rench bounces. A ter two consecuti e years o decline in recorded updates, including 3.2 in 2008, to EUR 9.2 billion, the operator o the lottery in rance monopoly renewed year last with growth. And beauti ul manner, by an increase o 8.6 o its turno er to nearly 10 billion euros (speci ically 9,997 billion), taking at the same time the JD in the second place lotteries in the world, behind the Italian Lottomatica but, now, be ore Spain's Loterias y Apuestas.

"The great satis action o the year, it is the success o the new Loto, which allows us to ha e a much more balanced o er today", was congratulated riday, Christophe Blanchard-Dignac, the CEO o the rench o the games, in commenting on these igures to the "echoes". Relaunched on October 6, 2008, this historic and iconic game recorded an increase o 11.4, to EUR 1.6 billion. Most importantly, Lotto has recruited one million new players. In total, the range o draw games saw its turno er increase by 5.1 to 3.6 billion.

Scratch games, or their part, bene ited rom the launch in April 2009 o Cash 500,000, a game which allows to earn up to 500,000 euros and sold to 133 million copies in nine months. This range thus recorded a growth o 16.9 to 3.9 billion. At the same time, the Rapido, regarded as one o the most addicti e in rance by specialists, represents more than 17 o the third, against 24 at its highest, and continues to decline although it is the irst game o the JD , 1.7 billion (-5,3).

Growth dri er: Internet

or their part, the JD online sportsbook, which will be aced with the opening o the market to competition in the next summer - a ter the ote o the Parliament Act-, rose 61 to reach 43 million euros o updates. In total, with paris in points o sale, sportsbook reached a turno er o 783 million euros ( 24), or 8 o the acti ity o the public operator, against 4 two years ago and 2 i e years ago. And the games rench ounded great hopes on what its President called the "regulation" o the online games market. "It is estimated that 1 billion EUR catches o paris on the Internet when we recei e less than 50 million." "The opening will allow us to showcase our strengths in a air ramework, and this will be a ector o growth or the JD ," says Christophe Blanchard-Dignac. A month ago, the latter stated that he was "term 25 o market share in the sports betting online" a ter the opening o the market. The road is long, but in addition to its potential is estimated at 10 million adult Internet users who ha e nothing against the JD games but are not exposed (a million players are registered on the site djeux), the operator multiplies (ParionsWeb) initiati es and partnerships with media (RTL, "20 Minutes") and the sports ederations ( T, R)(, etc.).

urthermore, the CEO o the rench o the games acknowledges look at the record o the surrender o the British Lottery Camelot (5emondiale). According to our in ormation, the time at end o January or the submission o tenders was pushed back to late ebruary.