Italian market disappoints in 2012

Italian operators will be hoping that the pundits are right when they say that the advent of online slots action in the dedicated Italian market should provide a much needed fillip to a declining market.

2012 was not a good one for the Italian online gambling industry, with AAMS numbers showing a meagre 1.9 percent increase in gambling-spend by punters to Euro 749 million, with encouraging revenues in the summer largely negated by a drop off in business during the winter.

Poker tournament revenues fared especially badly, sliding 37.6 percent. Casino and cash poker saw a rise of 63.6 percent and 198.8 percent, the latter mainly in December when slot action was first permitted.

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