Sopot Hippodrome has a history of more than 100 years and covers a 40-hectare area in total with 31 hectares of race track. Tere are two stands plus a pari-mutuel betting area.
ONLINE CASINOS Te tender for the online casino sector was
awarded to Totalizator Sportowy and was initially called eCasino but later changed its name to Total Casino.
Together with Playtech they created a number of games initially with slots based on DC Comics and Total Casino began operations in December 2018.
It is said there are a potential 600,000 players in Poland which the online casino site is aimed at. A year since launching and the site has received both positive and negative reviews. Regardless, as the only legal online casino offering in Poland it has no competition.
Tere are currently over 100 titles available via the online casino divided between slots, roulette, cards and jackpot games. Te minimum deposit to play is PLN10. Tere is a free demo mode which does not require registration and the games are continually updated. Virtual poker is still banned but despite this Totalizator Sportowy reported record sales during its first eight months of operation.
Wojskowe Zaklady Lacznosci (Military Communication Plant) was to manufacture the slots
for Totalizator Sportowy on a large scale and develop a central monitoring system. However after investing
over PLN50bn developing the first batch of machines these are currently sat idle in a warehouse unused.
During these first few months of operation (December 2018 to August 2019) the website had over 64,000 customers and handled total bets amounting to PLN2.3bn (€545m) with over PLN2.2bn returned in winnings. More than PLN48m in profits was transferred to the state budget.
Te record win was PLN514,000 whilst slot games have an 88 per cent share of all games played. Average deposits are around PLN120 to date.
Cieslik previously predicted that Total Casino would soon account for 30 per cent of Totalizator Sportowy’s sales within the next three to four years but the site has already topped the 40 per cent mark.
Total sales for FY19 were projected to top PLN3.8bn and could double in the next couple of years. Total Casino is also available as a mobile app which is generating 70 per cent of traffic.
THE SPORTS BETTING MARKET Landbased betting - Sports betting is big business in Poland. Tere are two types of betting under the gaming law – bookmaking and totalisator systems. Since April 2017 computer generated ‘virtual events’ can be used for betting.
Bookmaking and totalisator are permitted in landbased and online form and can be operated by private entities. Minimum share capital for companies is PLN2m. Licences are valid for six years renewable. A betting permit is PLN96,228
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