Chapter 2: Market overviews
Top 10 Sports betting sites offering German language, December 2015
Rank
Sportsbooks
Software
Jurisdiction
Primary language
1
Bet365 Sportsbook &
Racebook
Proprietary
Gibraltar, Malta,
United Kingdom
2
William Hill Sportsbook &
Racebook
1X2gaming, OpenBet, Sporting
Solutions
Gibraltar, United
Kingdom
3
Ladbrokes Sportsbook &
Racebook
1X2gaming, Inspired Gaming,
Playtech, VSoftCo
Gibraltar, United
Kingdom
4
Bet365 Spain Sportsbook
& Racebook
Proprietary
Spain
5
bet-at-home Sportsbook
& Racebook
Bettorlogic, Proprietary
Malta, United
Kingdom
6
Tipico Online Gaming
Evolution Gaming, NetEnt,
Proprietary
Malta
7
Pinnacle Sports
Bettorlogic, GGL, MultiSlot,
Proprietary
Curaçao, Malta
8
Planet Win 365
1X2gaming, ATIG, B3W Live,
Betsoft, Espresso Games,
GameART, Inspired Gaming,
NetEnt, Playson, Portomaso
Gaming, Quickspin, ViG, XPG
Austria
9
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
10
Unibet Sports &
Racebook
Kambi, Parspro
Malta
Spanish
Source: Online Casino City
Italy
Country
Most popular sports
Italy
Football, basketball, volleyball, rugby union
The most popular sport in Italy is football. Basketball and volleyball are the next most popular/played
sports in Italy, with Italy having a rich tradition in both. Italy has also got strong traditions in golf,
tennis, athletics and rugby.
Gambling on all sports is legal in Italy, with the exception of greyhound racing, which was made illegal
in 2002. Horseraces are particularly popular events to wager on in Italy. The most famous race in the
country is the Palio di Siena, which is held twice a year on 2 July and 16 August in Siena.
Some of the larger Italian sportsbooks are operated by overseas companies such as Ladbrokes and
William Hill. They have betting centres set up in cafes, coffee shops, news stands and at racing tracks.
Italy’s overall gaming market generated turnover of €88.5bn in 2014, according to information
provided by the Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) to the Blue Book, the
annual summary of Italy’s Agency for Customs and Monopolies. That figure was down about €250m
from 2013’s total and down over €4bn from 2012. T