The Portuguese online gaming market showed improvement year-on-year in Q1-2018, even though it lagged behind the Q4-2017 outcomes.
* Earnings up Euro 2.5 million to Euro 33.8 million;
* Authorities reaped a tax harvest of Euro 11.2 million from the seven authorized operators;
* Online sports gambling sales was essentially flat year-over-year at Euro 17.4 million, using soccer by far the most popular for punters;
* Online casino and poker revenue up 18 percent to Euro 16.4 million, together with slots the large earner, contributing almost 60 percent of earnings, whilst poker given 18.6 percent;
* New player accounts opened in the quarter numbered 89,300, over 22,000 less than the corresponding period this past year, taking total registrations to 890,000 using a 22.4 percent self-exclusion rate.
