Reports PORTUGAL - ONLINE UPDATE
ONLINE GAMBLING VOLUME OF BETS LAST THREE YEARS QUARTER
TOTAL ONLINE
Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019
Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2020
Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021
VOLUME OF BETS €739.9m
€818.3m €855.6m €1.03bn €3.44bn
€1.12bn €1.41bn €1.40bn €1.75bn €5.68bn
€2.02bn €1.95bn €2bn
provide a more diversified portfolio and direct customers from the black unregulated market.”
Operators have been calling for a relaxation of the legislative requirements to include new games to the online offer.
Currently there is a list of licensed games which can be operated, and any new games must be approved by the SRIJ via an application from an operator. Although this sounds easy enough, since 2015 there have been no new games added due to the lengthy legislative process involved.
However, in November last year the SRIJ opened P60 WIRE / PULSE / INSIGHT / REPORTS
ONLINE SPORTS VOLUME OF BETS
€131.3m €112.1m €114m
€185.3m €542.7m
€149.2m €90.7m
€222.8m €345.4m €808.1m
€423.8m €304.9m €296.9m
a public consultation over the approval a new type of game which has already caused some controversy in Portugal.
Crash games is the contender which could be added to the Portuguese online gaming offer. Crash games originated in cryptocurrency casinos and are becoming more common within online casinos.
Following a recent application by an operator to introduce this game to the market, the SRIJ set up a consultation process to establish the basic technical rules for the game. Tey invited any other interested parties to submit their
ONLINE CASINO VOLUME OF BETS
€608.6m €706.2m €741.6m €852.2m €2.9bn
€973.2m €1.32bn €1.18bn €1.41bn €4.88bn
€1.60bn €1.65bn €1.78bn
contributions and suggestions in order to prepare a draft regulation.
Tese games appeared in Portugal back in 2019 when some popular YouTubers in Portugal promoted illegal Crash houses. Te problem at the time was highlighted and the SRIJ intervened and blocked them.
More than a dozen Portuguese YouTubers were promoting unlicensed online betting companies operating in Portugal such as ‘Blaze’ and ‘Drakemall.’ YouTube later blocked the content whilst
Blaze.com and Drakemall were also blocked in Portugal.
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