Estonia

News & Analysis

Baltic Online Markets Soar Past €400m In 2021

Overall regulated online gambling revenue in the Baltic region jumped by 84 percent year-on-year to €409m in 2021, with exaggerated channel shift helping Latvia and Lithuania to become the latest European markets to pass €100m in annual market size.

European Blocklists Continue Rapid Growth As Spotlight Shines On Curaçao

The number of blocklisted online gambling domains across 18 reporting European countries, as monitored by VIXIO GamblingCompliance, increased by 55 percent to more than 150,000 in 2021.

News In Brief: May 17-May 21, 2021

Sweden's COVID-19 online gambling restrictions extended again, Connecticut makes big step towards internet gaming, while sports-betting bills in Nebraska make headway.

European Blocklists Surpass 110,000 URLs As Regulators Battle Pandemic Effects

The number of blocklisted online gambling domains across 18 reporting European countries, as monitored by VIXIO GamblingCompliance, soared by 21.4 percent to more than 110,000 in the last six months of 2020 as online play surged throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lithuania Blacklist Overhaul Threatens Payments, Says Lawyer

A stricter interpretation of Lithuania’s payment blocking rules have made the country’s blacklist "a bit crazy", according to one legal expert.

Research & Reports

Market Insight: European Online Gambling

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 32 European online gambling markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, sector themes and key market developments bringing stakeholders opportunities, challenges, tailwinds and headwinds.

Interactive Map: Gambling Advertising Across Europe

Advertising is one of the most hotly discussed topics in the European gambling industry. In this map, VIXIO GamblingCompliance shows the current situation regarding gambling advertising in all jurisdictions. The map highlights the differences among the countries that allow, partially prohibit or forbid gambling advertising.

Market Insight: European Lotteries

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 30 European lottery markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, of sector themes and key jurisdictional and lottery-level developments including growth trends by game category and channel shift towards online sales.

Market Insight — Baltic States

Baltic online gross gaming revenue surpassed €100m for the first time in 2018, with Estonia’s mature, slot-driven market demonstrating the steepest level of online growth of the three states.

Estonia: Ministry of Justice Proposes New Personal Data Protection Act

On November 24, 2017, the Estonian Ministry of Justice published a draft law on the processing of personal data. The aim of the bill is to transpose the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into national legislation, while remaining aligned with Directive 2016/680, also known as the Law Enforcement Directive.

According to the text, the new personal data protection act provides for the following:

Data & Forecasts

Estonia - Eesti Loto Report - 2002 to 2021

Latest annual Lottery Report data from Eesti Loto of Estonia. The data released for the state operator contains the following information: Quarterly and annual sales by game category, prizes, gambling tax and net profit. There are approximately 190 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: European Online Gambling

This quarterly report contains a comprehensive overview of available data on the €20bn+ European online gambling sector. Jurisdictional market size figures and year-on-year growth rates are supplemented by an interactive dashboard and standardised, comparable data on betting-gaming splits and online penetration rates.

Market Monitor: European Land-Based Gaming

This report aggregates available, sourced data on regulated land-based gaming markets across Europe, split between casinos and non-casino gaming venues. Market size and annual growth comparisons across 28 reporting European countries can also be visualised via an interactive dashboard.

Estonia - Online Gambling Report - 2010 to 2021

Latest annual Online Gambling Report data from the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. The data released for the country contains the following information: Gross gaming revenue from sports betting, online casino games and online poker. There are approximately 145 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: International Gaming Machine Count

This report displays the most recent tallies of gaming machines, split between casino and non-casino units, across over 100 jurisdictions globally. Visual cross-jurisdictional comparisons of gaming machines by category and population-adjusted machine density are facilitated by an interactive dashboard.