Italian gambling market continues to impress

October’s overall revenue of Euro 180.4 million boosted Italy’s land and online YTD gambling numbers, enabling the regulator to report that up to end October overall betting handle soared 22.4 percent, with revenue up 5.4 percent at Euro 975.5 million.

Other noteworthy metrics include:

* Online casino revenue in October up over 30 percent y-o-y at Euro 51.9 million, with Lottomatica and Stars Group leading in market share at 8.73 percent and 8.51 respectively, chased by Sisal (8.42 percent);

* Online tournament poker in October up 27.3 percent at Euro 7 million with Pokerstars leading the operators with a 67.5 market share;

* Online poker cash games up 3.4 percent in October, reaching Euro 6 million, again with Pokerstars dominant ona market share of 43 percent;

* Online sports betting turnover of Euro 561 million, with Planetwin365 leading in market share at 16.3 percent, chased by bet365 on 14.5 percent. Revenue of Euro 72.2 million was recorded in October, with bet365 accruing almost 30 percent of that;.

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