What Happened on the Gambling Markets of Ukraine, Spain, Philippines and Italy? News Digest From the World of Gambling

Why the Philippines is looking forward to legalization of cockfighting? How online gambling operators’ revenues have grown in Spain and Italy? And how much income is expected to fill the budget of Ukraine because of gambling legalization? Read about these and other news of the gambling industry in the weekly digest.

GGR in Span has increased for almost 18%

Источник: ordenacionjuego.es

Spanish gambling regulator has published a report that indicates that revenues of online gambling operators for the second quarter of 2020 are estimated to be €208.85 mn. This is 17.71% higher than the similar period last year.

Right now, Spain has 80 licensed gambling regulators with 46 online casinos and services for accepting online bets on sports events, 9 online poker companies, 3 online bingo organizations and 2 online totes.

In September, revenue of Italian online gambling operators has grown by 25%

According to the report published by Ficom Leisure, increased betting for sports and gambling activities in Italy has led to the rise in regulated online gambling revenue – it reached €184 in September 2020, which is 25.4% more than this time last year.

The largest income is related to such gambling operators: PokerStars with 12.2% market share, Sisal – 8.2% and Lottomatica – 7.9%.

Zelenskyi expects UAH 5 bn of profit from gambling business legalization

According to the announcement of the President, legalization of the gambling business shall bring 5 billion UAH into the country’s budget. He also noticed that Ukraine has many closed casinos that were operating illegally. From now on, operators that have been working in the shadows will bring income to the state.

In 2020, the law legalizing gambling operations has been finally adopted. At the moment, the Chair of the Commission that will regulate the work of operators has been announced. Thus, experts say that this recently updated market may be launched in Ukraine either by the end of this year or in 2021.

Mind Solutions presented an app to help people fight gambling addiction

Mind Solutions via the Mindspa platform that offers psychological support with the available online programs have launched a Gambless mobile app.

The program is tailored for people who want to get rid of the gambling addiction and contains many tools developed by the team of psychologists specialized on the addiction therapy.

The app is available in App Store and Google Play.

Cockfighting is on the verge of being legalized in the Philippines

The authority regulating gambling activities in the Philippines is planning to issue rules for licensing of the cockfighting streamed online.

It’s expected that legalization of online betting on the results of such matches will allow to protect the interests of players and organizers of the fights, as well as increase revenue to the Philippines budget.

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