The German gambling regulator has reported quarterly data for the first time after a change in requirements for operators.
Germany.- The German gambling regulator Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) has published quarterly stats on the country’s regulated gambling market for the first time. The report covers the stakes from both state-controlled and charity lotteries and what the GGL calls “transnational high-risk games of chance”, which include online gambling on slots and sports betting.
Lottery stakes totalled €377m in Q1 and €371m in Q2. State-controlled class lotteries generated stakes totalling €61m in Q1 and €58m in Q2. Charity or social lotteries generated €315m in Q1 and €313m in Q2.
As for higher risk games, online slots generated €1bn in wagers in Q1 and €1.1bn in Q2. Online poker stakes totalled €204m and €184m respectively and online horseracing betting €25m and €32m.
Online sports betting was the biggest vertical overall for stakes, with totals of €1.6bn in Q1 and €1.4bn in Q2. The figures for retail sports betting were €585m in Q1 and €494m in Q2. Total sports betting stakes came in at €2.1bn in Q1 and €1.9bn in Q2.
The GGL’s publication of the figures follows new requirements for operators to provide data on stakes to the regulator on a quarterly basis. The GGL says the change will give stakeholders, policy makers and the public a clearer view of the evolution of the regulated market.
There has been some criticism of the regulator’s stats in the past, with regulated operators insisting that the GGL’s figures underestimate the size of the black market. They note that a 2023 study by the University of Leipzig commissioned by the industry associations DOCV and DSWV suggested that the rate of channelisation of gambling in Germany to licensed operators was barely more than 50 per cent.
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