William Bolton Editor
Comment
August 2023
It’s amazing just how many gaming markets are in a state of flux right now. And I’m not just talking about the big, top of the mind ones, such as Brazil, the UK, US states such as Georgia, Kentucky etc., for sports betting; but ones like Portugal, where the casino licensing refresh has ground to a halt and is keeping the industry in a state of limbo. Germany, you’ve got government pressure to remove 40,000 machines from the street market. France is wrestling with an online transition that will result in consolidation and an online land-grab. It feels like global gaming markets are having a ‘moment’ - releasing pent-up legislative and regulatory updates that stalled or lost their way during the pandemic.
This month’s issue is a round-up of all the market reports G3 has created over the last year. Reading them back-to-back emphasises my point that the global market is unsettled right now. A market such as Tasmania, that we’ve never covered individually - always bundling with Australia in the past - has changed from an monopolistic environment to opening its doors to competition for the first time in half a century. Australia itself is cracking down on rogue operators and turning up the dial on responsible gambling, making it a central focus of its policy-making going forward. While New Zealand is also setting new regulations with a view to putting pokies in the cross-hairs of regulators.
MARKETS ARE HAVING A ‘MOMENT’ - RELEASING LEGISLATIVE UPDATES THAT STALLED OR LOST THEIR WAY DURING COVID.
Our report on Croatia looks at the impact joining the Eurozone is going to make on an already thriving market - while Albania’s legislative volte-face has changed the fortunes for the entire industry in the country. Jamaica is paving the way for Integrated Resorts in the island country, while Japan is attempting to find its way back to the IR path having gone off-piste after a promising start. And finally, Spain is going through even more change as the recent election left the country awaiting for a clear winner, which means the outcome for the country’s gambling industry remains uncertain at best, as politics will ultimately play the biggest part in the future prosperity of all sectors.
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William Bolton
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Deputy Editor Karen Southall
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Contributors Fernando A. Martin, Leon Ferera, Evan Kanter, Martin Wachter, Mark Krupanandan, Leticia Palacio, Araksi Sargsyan, Valentina Francione, Ashalin Pounasamy, Robert Miller, Michael Bauer, Yordan Georgiev, Max Niehusen, Dave Stoveld, Dennis Algreen, Fredrik Wastenson, Dmitry Belianin, Javier Troncoso, Adam Lamentowicz, Russ Yershon, Jules Bazley, Rahul Das, Mikael Marceau, Simon Dorsen, Anton Lerner, Tomas Roasander, Trev Keane, Oliver Niner, Evgeniy Bekker, Jacob Howard, Nikolaus Beier, Nick Maroudas, Gil Soffer, Denys Parkhomenko, Maris Catania
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