LOTTERY Loterie Romande & Swisslos
LOTTERY & BETTING GGR Total CHF896m (2015)
RACETRACKS 9
BETTING Sporttip & TotoGoal
BOOKMAKERS via LoRo & Swisslos)
SPORTS BETTING REVENUE CHF7m (total)
CASINOS 21
CASINO SLOTS 4,400
CASINO TABLES: 253
CASINO REVENUE CHF681.2m (2015)
Horse racing is also very popular in Switzerland. Tere are nine racecourses which between them organise galloping or trotting days and races. Te race tracks are located at the tracks in Aarau, Arosa, Avenches, Fehraltorf, Frauenfeld, Maienfeld, Saignelegier, St Moritz and Zurich.
famous of which is the Tribolo. Some of these games are operated online.
Sports betting is run via TotoGoal which enables players to bet on the outcome of 13 football games which can be played online. Also Sporttip offer bets on all sports games from ice hockey to tennis.
In 2015 the GGR for LoRo was CHF377m whilst a profit of CHF209.5m was given to various institutions and round 3,000 projects benefit each year. Te company has 2,650 Points of Sale and 700 gaming machines located in 350 PoS.
Of the total revenues the highest earning sector came from draw based games with CHF143.2m GGR followed by instant/scratchcards with CHF105.1m; electronic lottery with CHF88.8m; PMU with CHF33.4m and sports betting with CHF6m. Some 63 per cent of the French speaking Swiss play Loterie Romande’s games. Te company recently made the decision to upgrade its online platform which it first launched 10 years ago and this is due to be re- launched this year making it more mobile friendly.
Jean-Luc Monter-Banet, CEO of LoRo said in the company’s annual report: “Te draft bill sent to
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Parliament is both consistent and well balanced. It ensures the proper protection for the population against those dangers associated gambling whilst allowing gambling operators to adapt their offerings to keep pace with the changing face of society and advances in technology. It also guarantees that profits made from gambling are allocated for public interest purposes and to the national social security fund.”
Meanwhile Swisslos Interkantonale Landeslotterie was founded in 1937 and operates in the German and Italian speaking cantons and Ticino. Since 1968 Swisslos has also been running lotteries and sports betting in Liechtenstein.
Sports Toto was founded in 1938 and they then launched Te Millions in 1999. Te company went online a year later and set up Sportwette Sporttip in 2003. Today the company runs Swiss Lotto, EuroMillions, Subito, Bingo, skill game Jass, Lose and Lose Online plus sports betting games Sporttip, TotoGoal and PMU.
In 2015 the company saw a GGR of CHF519m of which CHF354m was distributed to various beneficiaries. From the CHF519m amount skill games took the highest revenue with CHF346m,
followed by lotto with CHF151m, Lose games with CHF21m and sports betting with CHF1m.
Horse racing is also very popular in Switzerland. Tere are nine racecourses which between them organise galloping or trotting days and races. Te race tracks are located at the tracks in Aarau, Arosa, Avenches, Fehraltorf, Frauenfeld, Maienfeld, Saignelegier, St Moritz and Zurich. Te White Turf Association is run via St Moritz which runs horse races on snow. Te sector is overseen by the Institut Equestre National Avenches (IENA).
Horse racing is possible via betting with Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) and pari-mutuel betting at the racecourses (PMH). PMU permits bettors to place bets via the PMU via Loterie Romande or Swisslos or online. Te tracks at Avenches in particular, but also Frauenfeld, Zurich and St Moritz, participate in the international programme of PMU. In 2016 some 279 premium races were held.
Te PMH allows bettors to go to race days organised at the various racecourses to bet on races held there and the PMH is operated on the same principles as the PMU. Public participation in PMH is only possible at the racecourse on race day however.
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