Report SPORTS BETTING - PART 3
LATVIA - NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES IN GAMBLING SECTOR TYPE
Number of licence holders
2011 16
15
2012 18
Lottery companies on national scale 11 Land based gaming Online gambling
Number of gaming halls Number of casinos
Number of slot machines Number of roulette tables
Number of card and dice tables Number of betting points Number of bingo halls
LATVIA - GGR GAMBLING SECTOR TYPE
Total turnover of gaming companies GGR from gambling and state lottery Net turnover from state lottery
GGR from gambling
GGR from slot machines GGR from casino tables GGR from bingo
GGR from phone games GGR from betting
321 17 00 328
66 7,858 16 63 22
22
8,103 16 57 19
Optibet is already a market
2013 22 1
17 4
324 6
8,135 15 50 19 2
2014 22 1
17 4
325 6
8,326 17
52 20 2
2015 22 1
16 6
323 6
8,495 38
leader in the online casino sector and this will increase its ability to market new content. Optibet is
now live with chart toppers from both Aristocrat and Nextgen Gaming delivered via OGS.
in Olympic casinos and as such, OEG is the only Latvian gaming operator to open betting shops its own casinos and currently there are six slot halls equipped with Olybet.
2010
€132.9m €122.3
€122.3m
€113.9m €100.7m €9.7m €0.7m €1.2m €1.4m
Income from other activities (bars, billiards) €10.6m
Lifland was formed in 2011 to be a holding company for all gaming related businesses belonging to Nordic Leisure. In 2013 the sister company Redbet was sold. Today Lifland has subsidiaries in Estonia, Latvia and Malta and is the leading i-gaming company in Latvia. They have two brands – Optibet, which is available in Latvia and Estonia and Gold Club
Casino.com (Malta).
Optibet has had land based betting shops in operation for the last 14 years and since 2008 has offered casino and sportsbook products online via
Optibet.lv.
Optibet was founded in 2005 and currently offers a full range of sportsbook features and 160 casino games to Latvian customers.
The sportsbook platform offers around 14,000 pre game events per month and over 400,000 side bets per month in the live bet feature. There are 160 casino games from blackjack to roulette and Optibet was the fist and only casino operator offering live casino in blackjack, roulette and baccarat.
In April this year NYX Interactive, part of the 2011
€153.8m €142,9m €142.9m
€132.4m €118.2m €10.8m €0.7m €0.4m €2.0m €10.8m
2012 2013
€180.1m €191.3m €165.5m €165.2m
€176.8m €176.8m
€150.3m €157.5m €134.8m €11.9m €0.4m €0.1m €2.9m €14.8m
€142m €11.5m €0.3m
€0.001m €3.6m €14.4m
Swedish group NYX Gaming Group, launched its Open Gaming System, NYX OGS with Optibet.
Optibet is already a market leader in the online casino sector and this will increase its ability to market new content. Optibet is now live with chart toppers from both Aristocrat and Nextgen Gaming delivered via OGS.
OLYBET is a brand of Olympic Casinos which provides sports betting in the Baltic region. Sports fan can watch the event in a sports bar located in casinos and bets are placed through Olybet before the sports event or whilst watching the live game.
Olybet Sports Bar arrived in Latvia in August 2013 and is a new concept. The sports bar offers a choice of sports TV channels from all over the world and visitors can place bets using special OlyBet terminals. For real time betting a special App has been developed for tablets that are available to customers on request.
By the end of 2013 all Olympic Casinos in Estonia and Latvia were due to be converted to include the new Olybet sports bars. There are currently 17 Olybet Sports Bars in Riga and 13 elsewhere located
OEGentered the Latvian market in 2002 by setting up Olympic Casino Latvia. Currently it operates 38 gaming halls in Riga and the main cities. Of these 22 branches operate under Olympic Casino brand. In July 2013 OEG purchased casino operator SIA Altea adding 16 more casinos to its network in Latvia.
By September 2013 the company operated over 1000 gaming machines and 21 gaming tables.
JOKERwas set up in 1995 and is a Latvian-Czech joint venture with Synot Tip. The company is represented in 28 Latvian cities (16 in Riga alone) and provides 60 gaming halls and bar operations.
Games are provided via IGT, Atronic and Gaminator.
Joker Ltd acquired its licence to organise online gaming in August 2013 although it did not launch its site until February 2014. The site is run in conjunction with Microgaming and offers slots, table games, video poker and roulette. In order to expand Joker Ltd acquired Synot Tip Eastern Europe regional licence
VIENSVIENSwas founded in 2012 and is a sports betting operator both online and offline. The company’s portfolio includes betting options before games plus a selection of live betting games.
DLVis a gaming software and casino manufacturer and operator which was established in 1994. It has operations in Latvia and also Latin American, Cambodia, Moldova and Malta. It’s Latvian operations come under the banner of Zilais Dimants (Blue Diamond) with most of the 40 arcades around the capital Riga. It’s online betting service via
divbet.lv enables customers to bet 24/7
Meanwhile ALFOR is part of the Novomatic group which operates casinos in Latvia and gambling halls. They had 93 gaming halls with 2,484 slots in 2013. It operates its online site via
feniksscasino.lv.
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