Reports SPAIN - ONLINE UPDATE
Tere were over 1,481,700 active online players in 2020 – a growth of 8.36 per cent compared to the year before. Of this more than 82 per cent were men and almost 18 per cent women. Te vast majority of players (83 per cent) were between the ages of 18 and 45 years. Tere were some 351,400 new players last year. Te average amount of playing time was four months and 29 per cent of players are permanently active for a month or more.
compared to the total amount of GGR for gambling (offline) which reached €1.44bn made up of €354.8m from the casino sector; €637.8m from bingo and €457m from betting. Te lottery sector saw €4.5bn in total GGR divided up between €3.4bn (SALAE) and €1bn (ONCE) and €64m (other lotteries).
In terms of locations there are (2020 data) around 330 bingo halls in Spain, 448 betting shops and three racetracks. Tere are 3,680 gaming halls and 329 bingo halls and a total of almost 181,000 slots (Máquina B) and 47 casinos with 1,026 casino slots (Máquinas C) and 314 table games.
Tere were over 1,481,700 active online players in 2020 – a growth of 8.36 per cent compared to the year before. Of this more than 82 per cent were men and almost 18 per cent women. Te vast majority of players (83 per cent) were between the ages of 18 and 45 years. Tere were some 351,400 new players last year.
Te average amount of playing time was four months and 29 per cent of players are permanently active for a month or more. Betting is the biggest online gaming sector in terms of players with around one million active players.
Meanwhile the latest online gambling data for the third quarter of 2021 shows a GGR for that period of €182.69m, a decrease of over 15 per
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cent compared to the previous quarter and a drop of five per cent YoY.
Te online casino sector has the biggest chunk of that revenue with almost 53 per cent share (€100.3m) followed by betting with 32 per cent (€59.1m) and then poker (€19.5m).
Te Covid pandemic has had a considerable impact on land-based gambling revenues in Spain as gambling locations were shut down in early 2020 with further suspensions and time restrictions in some of the autonomous communities later in 2020 and early 2021.
As the land-based sector suffered, online gambling was also affected due to the lack of sporting events, however, GGR for the online gaming sector grew by over 13.7 per cent in 2020 to €850m.
Tere was initially a decrease in the number of active accounts during the first state of alarm period, although this decline recovered in the second half of 2020.
By January 2021 there were a total of 8.6 million cases of Covid and over 91,400 deaths. Figures rose and dropped like a rollercoaster throughout 2020 and 2021, peaking at various points. At end of last year, Spain was classed as high risk again as the wave marked the third time the country broke the 300 barrier for cases per 100,000
inhabitants over a 14 day period. As the state of alarm began in March 2020 this led to an increase in the use of online gambling websites and a Royal Decree-Law 11/2020 came into force in April 2020 to deal with the pandemic, which basically dealt with promotions and advertising of gambling which included:
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Prohibiting promotional activities aimed at attracting new customers or securing loyalty of existing customers such as free bets or free spins.
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Tere was a ban on advertising on radio and TV except between 1am and 5am.
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Ban on any other marketing communications via emails or social networks.
Tis restriction ran from April 4 until June 10 with fines ranging from €100,000 up to €1m and suspensions for those infringing the rules.
Tere was little emergency governmental support for the industry and the effects still linger.
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