Panama gambling operators record US$2.493bn in gross bets through September
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Panama’s gambling operators recorded US$2.493bn in gross bets from January to September 2026, up 16.6% year on year, according to official statistics cited in a press report. Online betting rose 53.7% to US$626.2m, while type A slots led with US$1.6983bn and National Lottery gross sales fell 1.7% to US$612.7m.
Panama’s gambling operators recorded $2,493m in gross bets from January to September 2026, up 16.6% year on year, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census. Gross bets totalled $2,138.6m in the same period of 2025.
Online bets rose 53.7% to $626.2m in the first nine months of 2026, compared with $407.5m a year earlier. Online bets reached $78.6m in September, up 20.2% from $65.4m a year earlier. The September total was below the $83.9m recorded in August 2026.
Type A slot machines accounted for the largest betting volume, with $1,698.3m in gross bets. That was up 7.5% from $1,579.7m in the first nine months of 2025.
Gaming tables recorded $128.1m in gross bets, up 17.7% year on year. Bingo halls recorded $5m, up 4.3% from the same period a year earlier. Sports betting venues recorded $13.6m in volume, an increase of 1.8%. The racecourse recorded a decline of 7.7%.
National Lottery gross sales fell 1.7% to $612.7m compared with the first nine months of 2025.