Spain's Gambling Market Expands

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Today Spain's gaming regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) revealed that the third quarter financials for the country's online gaming sector were up from last year and the last quarter respectively.

The industry brought in €140.5 million, up 37.3% from last year and 16.6% from last year. The country also reported that slots brought in €22.3 million, which accumulated for 50.9% of casino revenue. Live roulette was the second largest, with €9.1 million. Casino revenue as a whole was €43.9 million, up 54.2% from last year.

Sportsbetting revenues were up 37% to €77 million. Poker revenue was also up, bucking trends of other countries, as the country brought in €14.7 million, up 6.8%. Bingo numbers were also up to €2.9 million, up 30.5%.

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Dustin has a long-standing passion for gambling. He has been writing professionally on the subject and breaking industry news for Casino Listings since 2011. His favorite casino games include Blackjack, Poker, and Hi/Lo. A proud native of Detroit, Dustin currently lives in Michigan.
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4 November 2017 - 10:14pm
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Spain is a large and quite solvent market I think so no wonder the gambling business noting such huge growth, the potential of the market is there it's just have to be exploited by the companies who operates there.

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I do not understand a bit about the mapping of the casino industry in Spain, I just assumed that if all the countries are currently infected by an increasingly uniform casino industry, more and more newly grown vegas city in every country, and that is very encouraging for every businessman