The Dirrecion General de Ordenacion del Juego(DGOJ), the official gambling regulator from Spain, reports an increase in gambling revenue for Q1 of 2021. More specifically, there is a 10.2% year-on-year increase in gambling revenue or a 3.8% rise in comparison to 2020. The total revenue amount equals €240.1m. Moreover, these numbers are a result of the 80 licensed gambling providers that were operating in Spain during the first quarter of the year. Out of these 80, 51 offer casino gaming, 44 sports betting, 9 poker, 3 bingo and 2 prize draws.
From here, we can see that there is an increase in both player deposits and withdrawals as well. Or 6.1% for deposits, and 6.4% for withdrawals for the Q4 of 2020. Additionally, there is also an increase in registering new player accounts, which sees a 7.9% growth, or up to 422.533 for the same period. Moreover, active gaming accounts are also reporting stronger numbers. That is a 22.7% increase, or 1.1m active accounts.
Casinos are responsible for 41.4% out of the total gambling revenue, or up to a 28.3% increase for Q4 in 2020. This eventually amounts to €99.5m.
With €110.3m, sports betting is the biggest contributor towards the increase of the total gambling revenue in Spain. This is 45.6% of the revenue amount. This is a slight drawback in comparison with Q1 2020 when this was 50.4%. However, it is still a 6.5% increase in regard to Q4 of 2020.
Poker is also noticing strong numbers, with a contribution of €25m. This is a 3.1% rise in contrast to 2020. Moreover, bingo is reporting a drop in numbers as well, being 2.4% down, or contributing with €3.6m. Same as prize draws, who are noticing a €2m deficit in regard to Q1 2020. They are responsible for €1.7m, which is down from €1.9 last year.
Marketing/advertising is another department which records a drop in numbers. Specifically, there is a 1.7% decrease in all advertising areas, with the exception of affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing for that matter reports an increase in numbers of 1.2%. Consequently, the total marketing spending amount is for Q1 is €148.4m. Out of this amount, €71.5m in advertisements, €56m in promotions, €12.4m affiliate marketing and €8.5m in sponsorship deals.
