Italian gaming revenue declined 1.2% year-on-year in October, as a strong performance from online casino was offset by declines in sports betting’s contribution.
Online revenue for the month came to €243.9m, marginally behind October 2020 but also a dip of 11.9% compared to September 2021’s total.
The majority of this total came from online casino, which accounted for €148.8m, the strongest month since May this year. PokerStars Casino continued to lead the vertical, though its market share declined marginally from September, to 9.2%.
It was a similar story for Sisal, which retained second place in the vertical at 8.8%, but also saw its market share decline. Snai, despite growing its share of revenue to 8.0%, remained in third.
While casino revenue was up year-on-year, sports betting’s contribution across all channels dropped significantly, to €117.9m. This represented a 51.6% drop from the prior year, and a 37.1% decline from September 2021.
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