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 (ANJ) new gaming regulator show that authorized online gambling operators generated a combined turnover of 323 million euros over the years.3 months to June 30, 6% less than at the same time last year, but almost 26%.compared to the first quarter of 2020.
At most in other gambling markets, sports revenues in France were greatly affected by the suspension of pandemic-related primary league operations at the beginning of the quarter.euros and active bettors through more than a third to just under 1.1 million.
Like many other markets, French bettors turned to Belarusian football, which continued to play despite the pandemic, raising football’s overall profit rate to 87% (445.4 million euros), compared to an average of 55-60% in the past.Barracks.
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 with the resumption of sports activities at the time of the second quarter, the FJORD said the betting market had largely recovered during the last week of June, when turnover reached “slightly higher” than the comparable week of June 2019.
Online poker benefited greatly from the cessation of sports, with poker profits increasing 126% to 142 million euros, the biggest profit of the decade and more from the French regulated market, while weekly active players increased by 68% to 1.06 million.82% to 39 million euros, while tournaments jumped to 149% to 103 million euros.
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 betting on various racing markets. trimester.
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