When the right to organise bets is granted by a sports federation or by an organiser of sports events mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 331-5 to betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling sector or exclusive rights to organise and operate sports betting games on the basis of the provisions provided for in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses, the draft contract between the federation or organiser and the betting operator is, prior to signature, forwarded for an opinion to the Autorité nationale des jeux, which issues this opinion within one month of the date of receipt of this document.
The organiser of sports events or competitions may authorise the relevant delegated or approved federation or the committee referred to in article L. 141-1 to sign the contract referred to in the previous paragraph with the sports betting operators.
Sports federations and sports event organisers may not grant a sports betting operator holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of the aforementioned Law No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 the exclusive right to organise betting, nor discriminate for the same category of bets between licensed online gaming or betting operators or between the latter and the company holding the exclusive rights to organise and operate sports betting on the basis of the provisions of I of Article 137 of Law No 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses.
Any refusal to enter into a betting organisation contract shall be substantiated by the sports federation or the organiser of that sporting event and notified by it to the applicant and the Autorité nationale des jeux.
The contract referred to in the previous paragraph specifies the obligations of sports betting operators in terms of detecting and preventing fraud, in particular the procedures for exchanging information with the sports federation or the organiser of the sports event.
It entitles them to remuneration that takes into account the costs incurred in detecting and preventing fraud.