Part 3: Spain – an expanded market
Part 3
Spain: an expanded market
Bigger – and better? Casino progress continues
What we know for certain in Spain is that the The third-quarter figures showed year-on-year
online gambling market will be getting bigger growth hitting 37% and total revenues coming
after the Spanish regulator, the Dirección General in at €141m. Casino was the big winner. Total
de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), announced in revenues for the period were up 54% to €44m,
September that up to 10 new licences were to be representing 31% of the market. Within the past
issued within the next year. This is the first tender year, quarterly online casino revenues have risen
since 2015, when a further 10 licensees were nearly 23%, from €35.9m in the third quarter of
welcomed to the Spanish fold, and it will see the 2016, to the third quarter of 2017’s €44m.
Betting also rose substantially, up 37% to
total number of licensees rise to 45.
€77m despite the comparison period last year
The DGOJ said in its press release that the
new tender process was being launched after including the closing stages of the European
enquiries about licences from a handful of Championships. Poker was up 7% to €15m. (See
unnamed international gambling groups. It chart 6 on product split percentages in the third
is understandable why there should be more quarter.).
interest in the market: after a reasonably subdued The degree to which the market is seasonally
start, the Spanish online market is now beginning affected comes with the active players data. (See
to pick up pace. chart 5, active players 2017 year-to-date.) As
Chart 5:Monthly actives ytd 2017
800,000
700,000
600,000
626,100
672,960
707,550
706,750
674,360
655,010
557,520
522,200
479,680
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jun
Aug
Sept
Source: The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ)
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