Italian market Figures for April were published Friday, showcasing a Poorer performance in sports betting and the following highlights:
* Total sports gambling turnover almost 5 percent y-o-y at Euro 955 million;
* Betting revenue down 2 percent at Euro 146.5 million;
* Online betting revenue up 3.7 percentage at Euro 58.7 million (year-to-date online gambling revenues up 47.6 % at Euro 221 million);
* Online casino revenue up 28.6 percent at Euro 58.1 million (year-to-date total rose 39.7 percent to Euro 233.3 million);
* The Internet Casino segment was headed by PokerStars having an 8.67 market share, chased by Lottomatica (8.65 percentage and Sisal (8.5 percent);
* Retail gambling revenue down 8.1 percent at Euro 87.8 million (year-to-date up 45.6 % at Euro 310.5 million);
* Virtual gambling turnover at Euro 139.3 million, generating revenue of Euro 20.5 million;
* Horse racing turnover of Euro 35.3 million with revenue of Euro 8.4 million;
* Online poker tournament fees were level at Euro 6.6 million with PokerStars leading the market on a 62.9 percent market share, trailed by Sisal on 6.8 percentage and Snai about 6 percent;
* Online poker money game revenue down 5% at Euro 5.3 million, with PokerStars again dominant on 39.6 percent market share, followed by Lottomatica (7.7 percent) and Sisal (6.7 %);
* Online bingo turnover of Euro 9.9 million, generating revenue of Euro 2.4 million with Tombola Interactive dominant on a market sharte of 42 percent, folloiwed by Bwin (13.6 percent)
* The official Italian black list of unauthorised operators now lists 7,100 domain names.
