Portugal

News & Analysis

Affiliates Love Regulation, But Can't Quite Quit Grey Markets

Major affiliates say they love the stability of regulation and the protection it gives them from being short-changed by operators, but some are still happy to do significant grey market business.

News In Brief: October 4-October 8, 2021

The Malta Gaming Authority has updated its rules and regulations surrounding match-fixing and suspicious betting events.

Portugal's Online Market Soars As Trade Group Warns On Tax

New Portuguese market figures show impressive growth, but lobbyists for the industry argue it is too early to see how the market is coping with controversial new tax rates.

News In Brief: May 3-May 7, 2021

Portugal discusses casino tax break, Nevada delays pivotal online casino hearing and Macau to finally kickstart new concession process.

Portuguese Trade Group Study Warns Of Unlicensed Threat

The Portuguese Association of Online Betting and Games (APAJO) is calling on authorities to take more action against illegal gambling operators, following the findings of a new study on gambling habits.

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 — Portugal

New entrants and relatively high levels of average player spend supported accelerated double-digit growth in Portugal’s heavily-taxed online market during 2019, while Santa Casa’s “Placard” retail betting monopoly surpassed €600m in annual sales.

EU Online Gambling Outlook 2020

Despite the fact that EU countries are generally some of the most mature markets when it comes to regulating online gambling, a few have yet to issue any licences. In Germany, the latest amendments to the gambling regulatory framework entered into force at the beginning of 2020, allowing for an unlimited number of online sports-betting licences to be issued straightaway.

Data & Forecasts

Portugal - Online Gambling Report - 2016Q3 to 2022Q1

The heavily-taxed Portuguese online gambling market grew by 50+ percent for the second year in a row in 2021 to become the 12th European market to break past the €500m mark. Online gaming growth has accelerated, not decelerated, since the full return of land-based casinos last summer, while online betting momentum has moderated amid downward pressure on margins, potentially reflecting the lagged impact of slightly more favourable tax treatment since the start of 2020.

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.

Portugal - Casino Revenue Report - 2001 to 2022Q1

Latest quarterly Portuguese Casino Revenue Report data from Serviços de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) of Portugal. The data released for the country contains the following information: Portuguese casino gaming revenue by gaming zone and casino game. There are approximately 590 data points in this document.

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.

Portugal - Jogos Santa Casa Annual Report - 2003 to 2020

Latest Annual Report data from Jogos Santa Casa of Portugal. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Income statement, gross sales per game, network of intermediaries, Santa Casa's share of overall Portuguese GGR and online detail. There are approximately 720 data points in this document.