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Online gaming continues to become more popular in many countries, including Portugal<\/a>. The latest figures from the country\u2019s gaming regulator add weight to that claim, with the online segment showing a 24% year-on-year improvement.<\/p>\n

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The Portuguese flag flies from a castle overlooking the city of Lisbon. The country’s gaming industry continues to grow, with the online segment seeing the greatest improvement. (Image: Dreamstime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portugal\u2019s Gaming Regulation and Inspection Service (SRIJ, for its Portuguese acronym) provided an update<\/a> on the country\u2019s gaming industry this week. It covers the first quarter of the year, breaking down the online and land-based segments, and separating gambling from sports betting.<\/p>\n

The industry saw an improvement across all segments in the first three months of the year. It comes as the number of registered online users increased, and despite an increase in the number of self-excluded gamblers.<\/p>\n

Online Gaming Blazes a Path<\/h2>\n

Gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the online segment, which covers 16 operating entities, reached \u20ac196.4 million (US$209.7 million) by the end of March, according to the regulator\u2019s figures. This is 24.8% greater than the online GGR from the first quarter of last year. It\u2019s also \u20ac195.3 million (US$208.44 million) better than the previous quarter, which was a record-setting period.<\/p>\n

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The breakdown for the online segment saw GGR of \u20ac110.7 million (US$118.50 million) in gaming and \u20ac85.7 million (US$91.46 million) in sports betting. This was 19.5% better than Q1 of 2022, but 3.8% worse than Q4, despite the FIFA World Cup taking place in that quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Not surprisingly, soccer was the go-to sport for bettors. Of the total handle, 70.6% went to soccer, with another 25% targeting basketball and tennis<\/a>. With European basketball and the NCAA March Madness tournament, there was a lot of basketball to choose from.<\/p>\n

Land-based GGR at casinos like Casino Lisboa<\/a> reached \u20ac65.9 million (US$70.33 million) for the quarter. That\u2019s 1.7% lower than the last quarter of 2022, but is also more than 22% better than a year ago.<\/p>\n

Nonbanked games, those where players play against each other and not the house, obtained GGR of \u20ac998,490 (US$1.06 million). This includes games like poker and bingo, which delivered 50% more GGR than they did in the first quarter of 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gaming machines, including slots, accounted for GGR of \u20ac50.9 million (US$54.32 million), a year-on-year increase of 15.9%. The rest of the land-based GGR, worth \u20ac14 million (US$14.94 million), came from all other gaming options.<\/p>\n

More Consumers Turn Away from Gambling<\/h2>\n

Portugal started offering regulated online gambling in April 2015, and with a tax rate of about 25%, this has provided significant revenue to the state.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also helped introduce better responsible gambling controls, such as self-exclusion, which allows anyone to exclude themselves from the gaming platforms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only way to exclude from all platforms at once is through the SRIJ website. Otherwise, gamblers have to visit each site individually.<\/p>\n

In the last three months of 2022, there was a 54.3% increase in new online gaming registrations, according to the regulator. At the same time, there was also a 9.3% increase in the number of self-exclusion requests. The first quarter of this year saw a 4.6% uptick in that number.<\/p>\n

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In the first quarter, the number of new registrations was 4.6% higher than the fourth quarter of 2022. During the period, there were 237,300 new registrations and 75,100 account closures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As the online segment continues to improve, it follows a trend seen in other countries. However, the land-based segment doesn\u2019t have to worry yet, as most models predict online gaming won\u2019t be a real threat to its counterpart for another seven or eight years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Online gaming continues to become more popular in many countries, including Portugal. The latest figures from the country\u2019s gaming regulator add weight to that claim, with the online segment showing a 24% year-on-year improvement. Portugal\u2019s Gaming Regulation and Inspection Service (SRIJ, for its Portuguese acronym) provided an update on the country\u2019s gaming industry this week. 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