Sports Betting in Spain has Doubled
Te sports betting market in Spain has multiplied almost 2.5 times in six years and has gone from €303.3m in 2012 to €742m in 2017
90 per cent of total bets are divided 50/50 between those made in person at betting sites and those made via the Internet
SPAIN SPORTS-BETTING
According to a new report from the University of Carlos III Madrid and the CODERE Foundation, the sports betting market in Spain has multiplied almost 2.5 times in six years and has gone from €303.3m (after subtracting prize money) in 2012 to €742m in 2017. Over this period, the industry has grown at a rate of 20 per cent per year (except between 2016 and 2017 when its growth slowed slightly and stood at 17.4 per cent).
Te games that have grown the most in the last year, after sports betting, were the ONCE (the lottery in aid of the blind) instant lotteries. Slot parlours came in third place while betting via casinos and bingo halls remained relatively stable with a slight growth of around 4 per cent. Meanwhile quiniela and coupon betting is on the decline while betting via traditional Christmas lottery increased by 6.1 per cent.
When it comes to sports betting, 90 per cent of the total is now divided at 50 per cent between those bets made in person at betting houses and those made via the internet. Te remaining 10 per cent was gambled on quinielas. Te increase in land-based sports betting is because several
Quixant announces first collaboration with Aruze Gaming
UK
Quixant has announced its first collaboration with Japan- based EGM manufacturer, Aruze Gaming.
Featuring a bespoke, cutting- edge 13.3ins. Quixant digital button panel, Aruze’s new Muso Triple-27 cabinet has received an extraordinary initial reception from the industry. A hugely impressive result of many months of joint research, the button panel incorporates an inbuilt wireless charger, the first of its kind on the market, and a sleek, bright design in keeping with Aruze’s ethos of modern, eye-catching product.
“We are extremely proud to be a valued partner to such a major gaming player as Aruze,” comments John Malin, Global
Sales Director of Quixant. “Te Muso Triple-27 is surely one of the most attractive, innovative machines to ever grace our industry, and to be given the opportunity to be part of it is a great honour.
“Working alongside companies of such stature cements our standing as a top-level display supplier. We are excited by the fast-moving progress of this aspect of our portfolio, which perfectly complements our renowned gaming hardware range. We are confident that this is just the first step in a long and prosperous relationship between Quixant and Aruze.”
autonomous communities have authorised sports betting shops. According to José Antonio Gómez, author of the report, in 2019 there will be an even greater increase via sports betting shops as they are now permitted in Andalusia, which accounts for 25 per cent of the Spanish market.
According to report, overall gaming has grown for the third consecutive year in Spain. In 2017, GGR stood at €9,408 million, 8 per cent more than in 2015. 94 per cent corresponded to the land based market and 6 per cent to online gambling.
Te greatest growth occurred in the online space which grew more than 30 per cent with relatively similar increases in all games apart from competitions and poker. In the face-to- face segment, betting via slot halls increased by 15.9 per cent and sports betting by 15.7 per cent.
Gaming now represents 0.9 per cent of GDP in Spain and last year, the industry generated 84,702 direct jobs. Te industry has also increased taxes contributing to €1,657.4m in special gambling taxes to the public coffers.
France
SBTech will enter the regulated French market in the first quarter of 2019, with a strong pipeline of operators set to integrate its proven platform and software solutions. France will be the provider’s 21st regulated market and follows its entry into the US, after partnership agreements with casino brands in states including New Jersey and Mississippi. Tird quarter numbers released by French regulator ARJEL demonstrated a 28 per cent year-on-year increase in iGaming turnover to €2.78bn and a 21 per cent rise in GGR to €271m. Sports betting has seen the largest gains, with turnover rising 81% to €995m, representing the vertical’s highest quarterly growth rate since the opening of the market. Figures for Q3 saw sports betting record a 40 per cent rise in GGR to €149m. Football was the most popular sport with turnover of €626.9m, followed by tennis with €258.4m and horse racing at €254m.
ITALY – On October 26, with the resolution of the ‘junta Raggi,’ the City of Rome has established an increase in the amount of penalties relating to those who violate the municipal regulation on gaming. The new sanctions range from €150 to 450 for each violation of the June 2017 regulation, which are supported by a new ordinance of June 2018.
As stated in the resolution: "Certain violations of the provisions of the Regulations for Gambling and Legal Games are considered to be of particular social ‘disvalue’ and ‘seriousness,’ so as to require a different sum as regards the reduced measure of the sanction, enabling the authority to carrying out a more effective deterrent action in the face of illicit conduct.”
UK – Mark Schertle has been appointed new COO (operations director) at British arcade chain Praesepe, part of the family-run Gauselmann Group based in Eastern Westphalia. He reports
to Stefan Bruns, who as CEO has been responsible for the Group’s UK business since the beginning of the year. This final appointment completes the new management line-up at the Gauselmann Group
subsidiary. Börris Lüngen will continue on Praesepe’s Management Board as CFO (commercial director).
ESTONIA – Olympic Entertainment Group’s Supervisory Board has appointed Corey Plummer to the Management Board as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. As part of this reorganisation, Mr. Plummer will resign from OEG’s Supervisory Board. Mr. Plummer has more than 20 years of international gaming experience, including as Founder and President of North Sea Gaming, a sector-focused independent advisory firm, and as a senior executive at Holland Casino, Caesars Entertainment Group, Rush Street Gaming and Aristocrat Technologies.
IOM – SBTech has hired gaming executive Jeremie Kanter as its new Chief Compliance Officer. Mr. Kanter has more than 14 years’ B2B and B2C experience in the gaming industry across senior
compliance, regulatory affairs, product development and operational roles. He has spent most of his career with Playtech, including managing the company’s B2C and network services compliance function. Based on the Isle of Man alongside, and reporting to, SBTech CEO Richard Carter, Kanter will be responsible for continuing to grow and maintain the high standards of compliance across SBTech’s global business including the wide range of new and existing markets in which it supplies its services.
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