Rounding out the top five were Lottomatica, with its 7.41%, and 888 at 6.84%. Others that made the top-10 list include Eurobet (6.34%), Goldbet (5.09%), and Betsson’s StarCasino (4.37%).<\/p>\n
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Poker interest continued to wane. In January, it had already dropped, and tournament revenue fell 28.1% in February. It closed at \u20ac8.2 million (US$9.05 million) but followed a tough month. January’s total was the highest recorded in the past 12 months. However, this was also 12.8% lower than a year earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Poker cash game action fell even more. Overall, the segment recorded \u20ac5.6 million (US$6.18 million), a month-over-month plummet of 25.3%. That was also a 16.5% drop from February of last year.<\/p>\n
PokerStars ruled both the tournament and cash game segments. It only controlled a little less than half of the tournament segment, but this was 400% greater than Sisal, which ended in second place. In addition, PokerStars had control of 42.51% of the cash games, considerably outpacing Goldbet and its second-place finish of 7.4%.<\/p>\n
Sports Betting Activity Down in February<\/h2>\n Italians couldn’t find many interesting sports betting options either in February. Land-based and online sportsbooks recorded total revenue of \u20ac204.7 million (US$226.03 million), 3% less than in January.<\/p>\n
On the bright side, the figure was an improvement over a year ago. In February of last year, the combined sports betting revenue was around \u20ac170 million (US$187.71 million).<\/strong><\/p>\nSnai has command of the online sports betting segment and once had control over the entire segment. Its market share for online sports betting was 13.8%, barely beating Sisal at 13.4%. Based on total revenue, though, Sisal was in second, with 15.6%, edged out by Goldbet’s 15.7%.<\/p>\n
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Overall, online sports betting was less popular than its land-based counterpart. The segment was responsible for generating \u20ac122.1 million (US$134.8 million), a 5.2% drop from January. It is also the lowest figure for the segment since October of last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Online operator Microgaming hopes it can move up on the list. It signed a distribution agreement with Oryx Gaming last week. It will add content from the Bragg Gaming Group-owned company’s Atomic Slot Lab studio, which the company promises delivers “Las Vegas energy” to the online segment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Italy’s online casino market continues to show strength this year, even as it slips. February’s gross gaming revenue dropped from its January level, but was still better than where it was a year ago. In January, overall online gaming activity in Italy recorded gross gaming revenue (GGR) of \u20ac324.9 million (US$358.8 million). In eight months, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":207639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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