Gambling industry in Europe

The gross gambling revenue (GGR) of European nations in 2015 was greatest in Italy at approximately 18 billion euros, closely followed by the uk with 17.9 billion euros. Germany, France and Spain also had a comparatively high GGR of at least 8 billion euros. The United Kingdom was leading in gross profits of leading sports gambling nations in Europe in 2014 with roughly 3.9 billion euros. Landbased lotteries in Europe generated estimated gross profit wins of 31 billion euros in 2015.
The online gaming market in Europe has been the biggest in comparison to the rest of the planet as of 2015, with a market size of 18.11 billion U.S. dollars, followed by the Asian and Middle Eastern market with 11.67 billion U.S. dollars. The European online market is estimated to grow to 24.75 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. The largest share of internet gambling revenues in Europe came from sports betting gambling with 37 percent, followed by online poker with 24% and online casinos with 22 percent. The market shares of top online casinos in Italy show that Lottomatica, Sisal and Pokerstars rank in the top . The talk of the entire gambling market that arrives from online gaming amounted to 15 percent in 2015, and is estimated to reach 18% by 2020.
If it comes to the landbased casino industry in Europe, France had the highest gross gambling revenue (GGR) among casinos in Europe in 2016 at approximately 2.26 billion euros. Great Britain showed a GGR of approximately 1.17 billion euros. France was also leading in the amount of casino visits in Europe by far, with 32.6 million visits annually. If it comes to the amount of casinos in Europe, France, together with 199 associated casinos, was second only to the Czech Republic, which has 218 associated casinos. But, casino employment is highest in Great Britain with 16,347 full-time employees, followed by 14,500 at France and 5,000 at Spain.

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