Posted on: August 3, 2022, 07:32h. <\/p>\n
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The gambling market in Spain changed last year, as gamblers spent more in land-based venues than they did online. An update from the countrys gaming regulator breaks down by sector how much things changed.<\/p>\n
A few months ago, the General Directorate of Gambling Regulation (DGOJ, for its Spanish acronym) showed that online gamblers, in general, spent 4% less last year than they did in 2020. The regulator has now published two reports to show where they made the cuts: the Analysis of the Online Player Profile 2021, and an update to the Annual Report of the State of Online Gambling Market of 2021.<\/p>\n
The DGOJ showed that the Spanish online consumer spent an average of 523 (US$532) throughout last year. This was 2% less compared to the 534 (US$543) from 2020.<\/p>\n
The number of active online players last year was 1,470,303. This represents a year-on-year decrease of 0.6%. Of that figure, 84.52% of active players are between the ages of 18 and 45.<\/p>\n
Last year, the average net spend per active player in Spain was 43.58 (US$44.39) per month. However, according to the DGOJ, the average expenditure only considers the set of online gamblers, not from the general adult population.<\/p>\n
Of all active players, 82.73% are men and 17.27% are women. Men spent an average of 583 (US$593), while womens spending reached 234 (US$238).<\/p>\n
The highest average annual expenditure is for the age range between 36 and 45 years, with 837 (US$852). On the other hand, the lowest corresponds to players between 18 and 25 years of age, with 202 (US$205).<\/p>\n
The most used means of payment was the card, with 72.85%, followed by e-wallets, with 17.9%. The number of deposits went from 2.27 billion (US$2.31 billion) in 2020 to 2.76 billion (US$2.81 billion) in 2021. This represents an increase of 23.03% as the number of operations in the period increased by 24.9%.<\/p>\n
The report also detailed that, as in 2020, the online sports betting category was the segment in which a greater number of people participated. It had 1,136,399 players and an annual variation rate of 8.76%.<\/p>\n
Sports betting was followed by online casino, with 656,626 players and a variation of 2.37%. Following it was poker, with 335,712 players and a variation of -24.25%. Bingo found its niche consumer, with 101,754 players in 2021.<\/p>\n
The DGOJ indicated that 59.54% played only one segment, of which 43.64% played only sports betting. 8.17% played only online casino games, while 6.39% and 1.34% played poker and bingo, respectively.<\/p>\n
Adjusting for the inclusion of new figures, the net margin for online gambling was 815.2 million (US$830 million). This is only slightly lower than the 815.3 million (US$830.05 million) recorded in the first edition of the report from earlier this year.<\/p>\n
In the analysis of the net margin by gaming segments, online casino games were the big winner. Their figure was 407.3 million (US$414.67 million) for 48.2% of the total.<\/p>\n
Next was sports betting, with 333.6 million (US$339.57 million) and 39.5%. Finally, bingo, lotteries, and other games appeared on the list as well, but only with low, single-digit activity.<\/p>\n
The mixed results for last year coincide with those from other markets. As countries removed COVID-19 restrictions, land-based gaming witnessed an increase in activity, cutting into the online segments performance. In Spain in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, online gaming increased by 14% from 2019.<\/p>\n
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