Portugal’s gambling regulator Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ) reported a 24.7% year-on-year increase in online gambling revenue for the fourth quarter of 2021.
Revenue for the three months to 31 December 2021 was €141.1m (£121.0m/$150.7m), up from €113.2m in the corresponding period in the previous year. This was also 23.6% higher than €114.2m in Q3.
Online casino revenue for the period reached €75.3m, which was up 53.3% from €49.1m in Q4 of 2020, while online sports betting revenue also edged up 2.6% to €65.8m.
In terms of consumer spending, online casino wagers during Q4 totalled €2.10bn, up 17.8% year-on-year, while online sports bets also increased 26.9% to €377.3m.
Slots were by far the most popular form of online casino games among players, accounting for 78.3% of all wagers in Q4, ahead of French roulette with 9.4% of bets and blackjack on 5.1%.
Some 77.3% of online sports bets placed in the quarter were on football, with basketball secon..