The good news from the Italian market is that online sports betting wagers were up 65 percent year-on-year in December 2014 to Euro 188 million.
Stakes over the full year reached Euro 1.6 billion, up 23 percent on 2013.
The positive progress achieved in the vertical is largely the result of a more sensible and liberal approach by the Italian regulator, which has extended the range of betting options that operators can offer to Italian punters.