ONLINE GAMBLING REVENUES OVER THE LAST YEAR PER QUARTER SECTOR


T4 2016


Sports betting revenues €18m Slots/casino revenues €9.3m Online revenues Total Taxes


€27.3m €17.2m


Of this amount 2.28 per cent is allocated to the state, 34.52 per cent to the Ministry of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security, 13.35 per cent to the Council of Ministers, 16.44 per cent to the Ministry of Health, 3.76 per cent to the Ministry of Home Affairs and 1.49 per cent to the Ministry of Education and Science.


Te IEJO tax rate on totalisator is 15 to 30 per cent and of this tax 59 per cent goes to the Portuguese Tourism Association, 40 per cent to the state and one per cent to SICAD.


Tere are currently 11 online licences issued by the SRIJ to seven companies. Four licences for sports betting and seven for casino/slot games. Tese are:


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BEM Operations Ltd –2 licences offering sports betting and casino games via betclic.pt.


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BET Entertainment Technologies Ltd – 2 licences offering sports betting and casino games via bet.pt.


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T1 2017 €17.4m


€13.9m €31.4m €9.2m


T2 2017 €13.9m


€11.4m €25.4m €7.1m


REEL Europe Ltd – Pokerstars – offering poker and casino games via pokerstars.pt


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ESTORIL SOL DIGITAL – 2 licences for Casino Estoril, Lisbon and Povoa offering sports betting and casino games via estorilsolcasinos.pt


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SOCIEDADE FIGUEIRA PRAIA – 2 licences offering sports betting and casino games via casinoportugal.pt


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SOLVERDE – offering casino games via casinosolverde.pt


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A NOSSA APOSTA – offering casino games via nossaaposta.pt


Te first licence was issued back in May 2016 to Betclic whilst Estoril Sol Digital was set up to concentrate on the online sector and was recently issued a gaming licence for online products. Tis was the first online casino licence to be issued in Portugal whilst BEM Operations


T3 2017 €16.3m


€13.1m €29.3m €8.1m


TOTAL 12 MONTHS €65.6m €113.4m


€47.7m €41.6m


(Betclic) was the first to receive a sports betting licence.


Estoril Sol saw online gaming revenues in 2016 of €4.8m and its online gaming licence is valid for an initial three year term. Group Estoril manages three of the 11 casinos in Portugal – Estoril, Lisbon and Pavoa - and has only recently expanded into the online sector. In July 2016 the site went live and the platform is a 50/50 joint venture with Belgian company Gaming1, the online member of the Ardent Group. Initially they launched 15 video slots games, two roulette games and one Blackjack game.


A Nossa Aposta is the latest company to receive an online licence in September 2017 offering online casino games.


PokerStars is the only holder of an online poker licence at the moment offering tournament and hold ‘em and Omaha cash variants whilst there are still no takers for horse racing online and bingo licences.


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