Gambling online: Spain’s booming market

Spain moved virtually to Las Vegas, becoming the reference country in the European gambling. The second quarter 2016 data recorded a real boom. In the period April-June the Spanish played online games € 2.73 billion, representing an increase of 2.6% compared to the first quarter of the year and even an increase of 32.8% over the same reference period of 2015. Net sales amounted to 98.8 million euro, up 56.3% on the period April to June 2015. Active player numbers rose by 31.8 percent.

According to data revealed by General Directorate Game (DGOJ), the Q2 reports that operators enjoying the benefit of the Euro 2016 which is held every four years. It looks like Q3 reports will see a similar, if smaller effect resulting from the Olympics.

Growth was made possible thanks to the investments of the operators in the advertising of games and online bets: a little less than 30 million euro, + 56% compared to the same period last year.

Between games, casino online revenues grew by 91.2 %, with the number of active players increasing by 65.6% while online poker took the biggest fall, with gross gaming revenues down by 4.4 percent and more worryingly, active players down by 10 percent.