The month of July, showed the weakest figures in revenue since February. August saw just a 2% increase from the relatively low number in July. The year on year increase for the online casino vertical is still extremely high with 41.4%.
PokerStars remained the market leader in the vertical but its market share declined from 13.0% in July to 12.4%. Sisal came in second with 8.2%, and Lottomatica 3rd with 7.8%.
Sports betting totals in August dropped significantly from July’s and the biggest month-on-month decline in revenue was down 27.2%. This drop came despite the month seeing the conclusion of the Serie A season, and the final stages of the Europa and Champions League - with Internazionale making it to the Europa League final.
Across the online and retail channels, Snaitech led the way, accounting for 16.5% of all revenue, ahead of second placed Goldbet - the retail market leader - on 14.2%. Eurobet Italia followed in third on 13.1%.
All data and figures from the regulator are processed by leading European corporate advisory firm Ficom Leisure, a specialist in all segments of the betting and gaming sector.
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