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Chapter 2: Market overviews Top 10 Sports betting sites offering French language, December 2015 Rank Sportsbooks Software Jurisdiction 1 William Hill Sportsbook & Racebook 1X2gaming, OpenBet, Sporting Solutions Gibraltar, United Kingdom 2 PMU OpenBet France 3 Tipico Online Gaming Evolution Gaming, NetEnt, Proprietary Malta 4 Pinnacle Sports Bettorlogic, GGL, MultiSlot, Proprietary Curaçao, Malta 5 Planet Win 365 1X2gaming, ATIG, B3W Live, Betsoft, Espresso Games, GameART, Inspired Gaming, NetEnt, Playson, Portomaso Gaming, Quickspin, ViG, XPG Austria 6 Sportingbet Amaya, Aristocrat Online, Ash Gaming, Betgenius, Enetpulse, Evolution Gaming, GAN, GTECH G2, GTS, ISWI, Microgaming, NetEnt, NYX Gaming, Play’n GO, Quickspin, Sportradar Gibraltar, Kahnawake, Malta 7 HorsePlayer Interactive AmTote Canada 8 Unibet Sports & Racebook Kambi, Parspro Malta 9 ZEturf - France Sportnco France 10 Sports Interaction Sportsbook & Racebook Proprietary Kahnawake Source: Online Casino City Germany Most popular sports in German-speaking countries Country Sport Austria Football, winter sports, motorsports Germany Football, motorsports, handball, basketball, ice hockey Liechtenstein Football Luxembourg Football Switzerland Football, winter sports, tennis, motorsports, ice hockey Although the provision of almost any kind of digital gaming to German players is technically forbidden under German law, Germany is one of the biggest digital gaming markets in the world. Analyst consensus dictates that the German digital market is currently split 50:30:20 between sports betting, poker and casino. Figures published by Germany’s Ministry of Finance in early 2015 revealed that betting turnover in Germany increased by 18% to €4.5bn in 2014, up from €3.8bn in 2013. Football is the most popular sport in Germany and most other German speaking nations. Winter sports are also hugely popular, particularly in Austria and Switzerland as are motorsports. In September 2014, a number of leading European betting companies collaborated to form the German Sports Betting Association. 38 Digital Sports Betting