The regulated online gambling market in France suffered a slight drop in revenue this quarter, with online poker activity more than double from year to year.
Figures released Monday through the National Gaming Authority’s new gaming regulator (ANJ) show that authorized online gaming operators generated a combined turnover of 323 million euros in the 3 months ending June 30, 6% less than it was last year, but almost 26% less than the first quarter of 2020.
Like other gaming markets, sports profits in France were badly affected after the suspension of primary league activities related to the pandemic at the beginning of the quarter.Betting profits fell 56% to 94 million euros, while profits fell 57% to 513 million euros and active bettors went from more than 3rd to just under 1 million Array1.
As in other markets, French bettors turned their attention to Belarusian football, which continued to play despite the pandemic.This boosted football’s overall turnover to 87% (445.4 million euros), compared to an average of 55-60% in recent quarters.
South Korean baseball also maintained its activity in the last quarter, prompting baseball to a rare moment position with a turnover of 36 million euros, while basketball controlled only a portion of that amount and the rugby union, largely the Australian National Rugby League, jumped to fourth place with 9.8 million euros.All other combined sports accounted for only 1% of second-quarter revenue.
But as the game resumes activity at the time of the quarter, the FJORD reported that the betting market had largely recovered in the last week of June, during which the turnover was “slightly higher” than the comparable week in June.2019.
Online poker benefited greatly from the sports cessation, with poker earnings increasing 126% to € 142 million, the biggest gain of the decade and more in the French regulated market, while weekly active players increased by 68 % to 1.06 million. up from 82% to € 39 million, while tournaments jumped 149% to € 103 million.
This is also a significant improvement over overall poker revenue of 98 million euros in the first quarter. French-licensed poker sites did their best to dot the mine, expanding second-quarter bonuses to players by 88% year-on-year for 26 million euros Poker accounted for 44% of total second quarter revenue, to just 20% in the second quarter of 2019.
Poker winnings were highest in the initial era of T2 pandemic freezing, with poker bets going up 222% the week from April 13-19.in the last week of the quarter of the moment.
Finally, horse bets rise by 35% year-on-year to achieve a record 362 million euros in the second quarter, while racing sales rise by a third place to 88 million euros Both figures are unprecedented gains since the launch of the regulated market in 2010.
French racing was suspended in early May, however ANJ’s predecessor ARJEL temporarily approved bets on various racing markets.Quarter.
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