In the first month of the year, according to the processing by Gioconews.it on data from operators, fixed-odds games of chance and solitaire cards, i.e. "dot it" casino games, recorded an expense of €204,663,766 , an amount obtained by subtracting from the collection, €5,347,318,321, what was returned to the players in the form of winnings, i.e. €5,142,654,554. Expense records growth, approximately 19.7 percent more, compared to the same month of 2022, when it was close to €171 million. Compared to December 2022, expence is instead slightly decreasing, given that in the last month of the year it had reached €206,094,000. Totally, 69,717,927 stakes were recorded.
MARKET SHARES - Among the 85 concessionaires operating in January 2023, the podium, in terms of market share relating to the expense relating to the single concession, goes to Sisal Entertainment Spa with 9.02 percent, followed by Snaitech with 8,59 percent. Reel Italy (which owns the PokerStars brand) is at the third position with 7.70 and, again, Gbo Italy with 6.96 percent. In this regard, Gbo Italy (born from the agreement between Goldbet and Lottomatica) also holds another concession, thanks to which another 5.99 percent of the market is its prerogative: the total is therefore 12.95 percent, at the top of the ranking.
We must also report the performance of 888 Italia Limited, with 6.75 percent, of Sks365 Malta Limited with 6.51 and, at a short distance, there is Eurobet with 6.46 percent.
Finally, Oia Service Limited is at 0.46 percent, while land-based casinos, in their online version, are at 0.14 percent for Sanremo, and Venice at 0.08 percent.