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Gaming

Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling in Spain presented the 1st Quarterly Report 2022

Friday 17 de June 2022 / 11:58

2 minutos de lectura

(Spain).- The GGR for the quarter was € 204.43 million, a growth of 16.25% quarter over quarter and a decrease of -14.83% year over year.

Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling in Spain presented the 1st Quarterly Report 2022

Regarding the rest of the main figures, deposits and withdrawals of the players, their variation rates rise in relation to the previous quarter, 7.14% and 2.29% respectively. Marketing expenditure increases 15.52% quarter over quarter and new accounts experiences a decrease with respect to the previous quarter, -12.81%. Details are shown in Table 1.



In the analysis of the GGR by game segments, it is observed that:


The € 204.43 million of GGR are distributed among € 65.16 million in Betting (31.87%); € 3.60 million in Bingo (1.76%); € 110.97 million in Casino (58.28%); € 0.26 million in Contests (0.13%) and € 24.45 million in Poker (11.96%).


The betting segment has a variation rate of 49.07% quarter over quarter and -40.89% year over year. There is a rise with respect to the previous quarter; pre-match, 100.52%; in-played sportsbook, 24.10%. Other bettings have increased 397.6% this quarter.


Bingo has experienced a decline of -12.26% quarter over quarter and -0.17% year over year.


In the casino segment, there has been a rise of 3.26% quarter over quarter and an annual variation rate of 11.52%. Slots is the game with the highest increasing rate, 18.22% and conventional roulette has decreased -5.15% year over year. Their variation rates were -1.72% and 2.51% quarter over quarter, respectively. On the other hand, life roulette has increased 15.31% quarter over quarter and has increased 9.75% year over year.


Contests experienced a growth of 452.4% quarter over quarter and a fall of -85.15% year over year. This segment continues an irregular behaviour with annual variation rates in the first quarter of 368.97% in 2019; 99.50% in 2020; -7.59% in 2021.


Poker presents a rise of 19.04% quarter over quarter and a decrease of -2.00% year over year. Poker tournament had a variation rate of 26.75% quarter over quarter and –9.53% year over year. Poker cash has increased 5.56% compared to the previous quarter and 18.79% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.


As a summary, the percentage distribution of the GGR for the different segments in this quarter of the period from 2019 to 2022 is shown in Table 2.


Marketing expenses has been € 107.88 million in the last quarter. It may be broken down into € 22.72 million affiliation expenses; € 0.63 million sponsorship; promotions € 50.11; and advertising € 34.42 million. Compared to the previous quarter, marketing expenses increase by 15.52% and decreased by -27.67% in annual variation. Advertising expenses experienced a decline of -2.92% quarter over quarter and -51.81% year over year. Sponsorship has dropped -49.93 quarter over quarter and -93.25% year over year. Affiliates and promotions expenses have increased quarter over quarter 130.92% and 6.99%. Promotions are broken down into cost of bonus included in prizes, € 22.45 million and cost of bonus not included in prizes, € 27.66 million.


The monthly average of active game accounts is 1,020,886; which implies an increase of 5.81% quarter over quarter and a decrease of -8.91% year over year. The monthly average of the new game accounts is 186,234; with a reduction of -12.81% quarter over quarter and a decline of -55.92% year over year.


For this quarter, there are 78 licensed operators and the number of active operators by segment is:



  • Betting: 44

  • Bingo: 3

  • Casino: 54

  • Contests: 2

  • Poker: 9

Categoría:Gaming

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País: Spain

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