A CGIA study found that online gambling turnover rose 22.6% in Italy between 2023 and 2025, reaching €100.172bn. AWP and VLT turnover fell 6.7% to €31.452bn, with declines in every region; Lombardy recorded the largest online increase in value at €3.350bn.
Operators should reassess channel strategy as online turnover rose 22.6% while AWP and VLT turnover fell 6.7% in every region.
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DraftKings’ internal prediction market exchange, DKeX, recorded a nearly 610% turnover increase in the week ending 7 September, citing Eilers & Krejcik Gaming data. The increase coincided with the opening week of the 2026 college football season.
Sweden’s licensed gambling market recorded a 5% increase in Q2 turnover. State-run lotteries and slot machine games generated SEK1.43bn, broadly unchanged from Q2 2025.
Japan recorded JPY8,874 billion in betting turnover across its permitted sports in 2025, reportedly. The figure was 5% higher than the previous year and set a record.
Research commissioned by the NSW Responsible Gambling Fund found a small, statistically significant association between rising poker machine numbers and family and domestic violence incidents in New South Wales from 2017 to 2023. Advocacy groups have cited the study in calls for reform, while federal online gambling advertising proposals proceed separately from state-regulated poker machine policy.
Gambling turnover from betting and iGaming in Germany reached €13.72bn in 2025, reportedly. The fourth quarter was the strongest period of the year.