Legal casino gambling age in Martinique
Martinique is part of France, and French gambling law applies there in full. Gambling is prohibited in principle, with exceptions created by statute: land-based casinos authorised by the Minister of the Interior, the lottery and retail sports-betting monopoly of FDJ, horse-race betting, and a limited set of online products licensed by the Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ). Online casino games such as slots and roulette are not authorised anywhere in France, including Martinique. The island has two casinos, at Schœlcher and Les Trois-Îlets. Both are run under public service concessions granted by the host communes. This guide explains how the national framework applies to Martinique, who regulates what, how winnings and casinos are taxed, which protection tools are available locally, and what changed between 2024 and 2026.
Key points
- Martinique is a single territorial collectivity under Article 73 of the French Constitution. French gambling statutes apply there as they do in mainland France; the Collectivité territoriale de Martinique (CTM) has no separate gambling licensing power.
- Two casinos operate, in Schœlcher and Les Trois-Îlets. The Trois-Îlets municipal casino concession was re-awarded in November 2024 for eight years.
- Online, only ANJ-licensed sports betting, horse-race betting and poker, plus FDJ’s lottery games, are lawful. Online casino games are prohibited, and the ANJ can order unlicensed sites to be blocked.
- Casinos pay a progressive state levy on gross gaming revenue, part of which returns to the host commune, plus a communal levy of up to 15%. Ordinary players’ winnings are not subject to income tax.
- The national voluntary gambling ban (interdiction volontaire de jeux), which lasts at least three years, covers both Martinique casinos and all licensed online operators. Joueurs Info Service lists support addresses in Martinique.
Last reviewed: 13 October 2026.
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Historical development
Martinique became a French department in 1946. The 2003 constitutional reform classed it as an overseas department and region governed by Article 73 of the Constitution. In two referendums in January 2010, voters approved merging the department and the region into a single collectivity. The Institut d’émission des départements d’outre-mer (IEDOM) records that this was implemented by Organic Law No. 2011-883 and Law No. 2011-884 of 27 July 2011. The first elections to the new Collectivité territoriale de Martinique were held in December 2015, according to the same IEDOM report.
These institutional changes did not alter the gambling regime. Under the principle that IEDOM calls “normative assimilation” with mainland France, national laws apply automatically in Article 73 territories, with adaptations allowed where local circumstances justify them. Gambling has remained a matter of national law. FDJ, the national lottery, has a long local history: a 2023 FDJ press release lists Loto jackpots won in Martinique as early as 1997, and records a €53 million EuroMillions win in Fort-de-France on 5 May 2023, which heads FDJ’s list of the five largest wins on the island.
The online market opened in 2010 under Law No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010, which licensed sports betting, horse-race betting and poker but not casino games. The ANJ, created by an ordinance of 2 October 2019, was set up in June 2020 as an authority covering the gambling sector as a whole.
Legal framework
French gambling law starts from a general prohibition. A 2023 National Assembly committee document on casino siting summarises the structure. Games of money and chance are prohibited under Articles L. 320-1 and following of the Code de la sécurité intérieure (CSI, Internal Security Code), subject to exceptions listed in the same code and in other statutes. The main exceptions are:
- Casinos, permitted only in categories of commune listed in Article L. 321-1 of the CSI. These include classified seaside, spa and climatic resorts, the main tourist towns of agglomerations of more than 500,000 inhabitants that fund major cultural institutions, and communes where a casino was already operating on 3 March 2009.
- Lotteries and retail sports betting, reserved to FDJ, and horse-race betting through the PMU network and racing societies.
- Online gambling under Law No. 2010-476, limited to sports betting, horse-race betting and poker offered by ANJ-licensed operators.
- Small-scale lotteries and traditional lotos run by associations, subject to strict conditions.
Article L. 321-2 of the CSI requires a double authorisation for each casino, as the same document explains. First, the municipal council must give its binding approval to the casino’s location and to the public service concession contract with the operator. The Minister of the Interior then grants the authorisation to operate games, after an administrative inquiry, an opinion from the prefect and an opinion from the advisory commission on gaming establishments. In Martinique, the Prefect of Martinique is therefore the State’s local voice in casino authorisations. The CTM is not part of the procedure, and none of the official texts reviewed for this guide gives it a regulatory role in gambling.
Martinique is also an outermost region of the European Union, as IEDOM notes, so EU law applies. EU law does not harmonise gambling regulation, however, and France’s restrictive model applies unchanged in Martinique.
Associations may run lotteries, tombolas and traditional lotos only within narrow limits. According to Service-public.fr, the official government information site, a lottery needs the mayor’s authorisation and must fund a non-profit cause. A traditional loto needs no authorisation but must be held within a closed circle, with stakes below €20 and no cash prizes. Online lotteries and public online lotos are prohibited. Breaches can lead to up to three years’ imprisonment and a €90,000 fine.
Cockfighting, which has a long tradition in Martinique, is governed by animal-protection law rather than gambling law. Article 521-1 of the Penal Code exempts cockfights from the cruelty offence where an uninterrupted local tradition can be shown, but makes the creation of any new cockpit an offence. The Conseil constitutionnel upheld that ban in Decision No. 2015-477 QPC of 31 July 2015, noting that Parliament’s aim was to support the eventual end of the practice. We found no official source that deals with betting at cockfights. Readers should not assume that the tolerance of the fights extends to organised wagering.
Regulator and licensing model
France regulates gambling through a mixed model: monopolies for some products, competitive licensing for others, and ministerial authorisation for casinos. In Martinique the roles are divided as follows.
| Sector | Legal model | Competent authority |
|---|---|---|
| Land-based casinos | Concession granted by the commune, plus authorisation to operate games | Host commune; Minister of the Interior after the Prefect’s opinion |
| Lotteries (retail and online), retail sports betting | Monopoly | FDJ, supervised by the ANJ |
| Horse-race betting in retail outlets | Monopoly | PMU, supervised by the ANJ |
| Online sports betting, horse-race betting and poker | Competitive licensing | ANJ |
| Online casino games | Prohibited | ANJ (enforcement) |
Casinos in Martinique
Martinique has two casinos, according to an 18 June 2026 report by Outremers 360 that counts ten casinos across France’s overseas territories. One is in Schœlcher, just west of Fort-de-France. The other is the municipal casino of Les Trois-Îlets, on the south-western coast facing the capital across the bay. Nationally, the Cour des comptes counted 202 casinos operating in 2023, as cited in the National Assembly document.
The Trois-Îlets casino shows how a casino concession is renewed. On 30 May 2024 the town sent for publication a concession notice in the official public procurement bulletin (BOAMP) for a “public service concession for the operation of the municipal casino”. The term was 96 months, offers were due by 8 July 2024, and any challenges were to go to the Administrative Court of Martinique. The award notice, sent for publication on 21 January 2025, records that a single bid was received and that the contract was signed on 28 November 2024. The estimated value was €50 million and the awarded value €45.77 million over the eight-year term. The concession was awarded to a locally registered operating company.
RCI Martinique reported on 29 November 2024 that twelve residents would be trained as croupiers for jobs at the Schœlcher and Trois-Îlets casinos.
Lotteries and horse racing
FDJ sells its lottery and scratch-card games through retail outlets in Martinique, such as the Fort-de-France tobacconist named in the 2023 FDJ press release, and through its online channel. The ANJ describes FDJ as holding the lottery monopoly online and in shops, and PMU as holding the monopoly on horse-race betting in shops. Horse racing also takes place locally. France Galop‘s official 2024 programme listed four evening flat-racing meetings in Martinique between 14 January and 17 March 2024. The programme classed them as “PMH” meetings, meaning that their races are not offered for betting in retail outlets nationwide.
The ANJ
The ANJ is an independent administrative authority. Its four statutory objectives are to prevent excessive gambling and protect minors, ensure the integrity of gambling operations, maintain a balance between the different sectors, and prevent fraudulent activity. According to its 2024 annual report, 18 operators held 32 online licences on 31 January 2025. The official list is published on the ANJ’s approved operators page.
Online gambling: what is permitted and how it is enforced
Residents of Martinique have access to the same legal online offer as residents of mainland France. The ANJ lists three licensable online categories: sports betting, horse-race betting and poker. Lotteries are available online only from FDJ. The ANJ states plainly that casino games, especially online slot machines, “are not authorised on the French market”. A website offering roulette, blackjack or slots to players in Martinique is therefore operating illegally, wherever it is licensed.
The main enforcement tool is administrative blocking: an order requiring internet service providers to prevent access to a website and search engines to remove it from results. According to the ANJ, a law of 2 March 2022 gave its president the power to order blocking without first going to court, and the procedure has been used since June 2022. Operators first receive formal notice and five days to respond. The ANJ’s 2024 annual report records 231 administrative orders covering 1,335 blocked URLs in 2024. Its enforcement page gives 232 orders and 1,337 URLs, 910 of them “mirror” copies of blocked sites. The ANJ also publishes a blacklist of blocked sites, which it describes as non-exhaustive, and in 2024 it began acting against payment flows to illegal operators.
Unlicensed play remains common in France as a whole. A 2023 PwC study for the ANJ estimated that between three and four million people had used an illegal online offer in the previous 12 months, and found that half of consumers did not know the offer was illegal. No Martinique estimate was found.
Position of players
The official sources reviewed for this guide place the legal burden of the prohibition on operators and promoters, not on players. The ANJ blacklist page says that all offers other than those of licensed operators are illegal. It warns players of the risks: winnings may not be paid, they may be defrauded, their personal data may be stolen, and they have no legal protection in a dispute. It does not state that a player commits an offence by using such a site, and we found no record of a player in Martinique being prosecuted for doing so. Organisers of unauthorised games, by contrast, face criminal penalties; for unauthorised lotteries and lotos, Service-public.fr gives a maximum of three years’ imprisonment and a €90,000 fine.
Gambling by minors is prohibited. The 2025 prevention call for projects published by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) and the Prefecture of Martinique notes that 17% of 17-year-olds in France reported having gambled online in 2017, despite the ban. It also calls for regular checks to enforce the bans on selling alcohol, tobacco and gambling products to minors.
Taxation
Casinos
Casinos pay several levies on gross gaming revenue (in French, produit brut des jeux: stakes minus winnings paid). The main ones are:
- A progressive state levy. According to the tax administration’s official guidance (BOFiP, BOI-TCA-PJC-10-20, 2021), the levy is calculated on a scale of brackets with rates between a minimum of 6% and a maximum of 83.5%. The State pays 10% of this levy to the commune that granted the concession, subject to a cap linked to the commune’s operating revenue.
- A communal levy. The commune may also charge its own levy of up to 15% of gross gaming revenue, at the rate set in the concession contract, as the National Assembly document explains.
- Social levies. Of about €1.5 billion in casino levies in the 2007–2008 season, about €250 million went to social bodies (parliamentary answer).
For the communes of Schœlcher and Les Trois-Îlets, these levies are a significant source of revenue, but we found no official published figure for their casino receipts. Nationally, a 2026 Senate bill (Proposition de loi No. 725) states that the casino sector provided nearly €500 million directly to local authorities in 2024. The National Assembly document reports an average of €1.4 million a year per casino commune. The sources describe shares for the State and for host communes only; none provides for a share for the CTM.
Players
Winnings from games of chance are not subject to income tax for ordinary players. In 2018 the Conseil d’État, France’s highest administrative court, confirmed that playing games of chance, even regularly, is not a profit-making activity. As CMS explains, winnings become taxable as non-commercial income only for players who play regularly against other players, with enough skill to control the element of chance significantly, and who earn significant income from it.
Casino winnings are, however, subject to a social contribution. In 2009 the government stated, in reply to a parliamentary question, that winnings of €1,500 or more were subject to the CSG (contribution sociale généralisée, a general social contribution) at 12%. According to the authors of a Senate amendment to the 2026 Finance Bill, the rate is now 13.7% on casino winnings above €1,500. That amendment, dated 26 November 2025, would have extended a 13.7% levy to all gambling winnings of €1,500 or more; it was withdrawn after the committee and the government requested its withdrawal. The 13.7% rate could not be checked against the statute for this guide.
Consumer protection and responsible gambling
The central protection tool is the voluntary gambling ban (interdiction volontaire de jeux), a self-exclusion register run by the ANJ. A person who registers is barred for at least three years from entering casinos and gaming clubs, from the sites of ANJ-licensed online operators, and from FDJ and PMU games played through a player account. Applications are made online with an identity document and a live “selfie” check, or by registered letter. The ban covers the casinos at Schœlcher and Les Trois-Îlets in the same way as casinos in mainland France. At the end of 2024, 73,439 people were registered, 26% more than a year earlier, according to the ANJ annual report.
The national helpline is Joueurs Info Service, on 09 74 75 13 13. Calls are anonymous and charged at no more than a local rate. The service also offers an online chat. Its directory of useful addresses has a separate section for Martinique, alongside mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion and Mayotte. Its hours are changing, so check them first. See also our responsible gambling guide.
Prevention in Martinique is organised under the regional plan against addictive behaviour (PRMCA) for 2024–2027. The ARS and Prefecture call for projects for 2025 notes that since 2022 the national addictions fund has also financed work on addictions that do not involve substances, which includes gambling. We found no published estimate of problem gambling on the island.
Recent and upcoming developments
- Trois-Îlets concession (2024–2025). The town re-tendered its municipal casino in May 2024 and signed an eight-year concession on 28 November 2024; the award was published on 21 January 2025 (BOAMP).
- Online casino legalisation shelved (2024–2025). An amendment to the 2025 Finance Bill tabled by a deputy (No. I-1271, 17 October 2024) proposed a 33.7% levy on online casino revenue; it was withdrawn before debate. On 27 October 2024 the Budget Minister said the government had withdrawn its own budget amendment that would have opened the way to licensed online casinos, after land-based casinos warned of the consequences and more than 100 mayors signed an open letter against it (Banque des Territoires). In its 2024 annual report, published in 2025, the ANJ called for any future opening to be “highly controlled”, as reported by iGaming Business in June 2025. We found no enacted legislation as of October 2026, and the ANJ continues to state that online casino games are not authorised.
- Winnings levy withdrawn (2025). The Senate amendment to the 2026 Finance Bill, dated 26 November 2025, that would have applied a 13.7% levy to all gambling winnings of €1,500 or more was withdrawn during the debate (Senate).
- Overseas casino siting bills (2026). Bill No. 305, registered in the Senate on 27 January 2026, would add a new category to Article L. 321-1 of the CSI allowing casinos in Article 73 communes that have natural hydrothermal features and a protected natural site in or next to a national park or marine protected area. Bill No. 725, registered on 10 June 2026, takes up the same overseas criterion and adds communes in larger intercommunal areas hosting a UNESCO World Heritage site. Both texts were referred to the Senate Law Committee. According to Outremers 360 (18 June 2026), Bill No. 725 was referred to the Senate Law Committee and was awaiting first reading. Neither text names Martinique. No source we found has assessed whether any Martinique commune would qualify.
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The listings below are generated automatically from our casino database and do not show that an operator is authorised in France. Online casino games cannot lawfully be offered to players in Martinique by any operator, and the listings must not be read as an indication that playing at them is lawful. Only operators on the ANJ’s list of approved operators may offer online sports betting, horse-race betting or poker; readers should also consult the ANJ’s blacklist of blocked sites.
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- Ville des Trois-Îlets / BOAMP, Avis de concession n° 24-62950: exploitation du casino municipal (2024).
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