Spain online gambling: Not quite dead yet

Calvin Ayre – Spain’s struggling online gambling market showed signs of life in Q4 2013, posting sequential revenue growth while falling short of Q4 2012’s figures. Figures released by the Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) show overall revenue of €59.9m in Q4, 15.6% better than Q3 but 2.5% lower than Q4 2012. Stakes rose 13.9% to €1.47b as the number of new registered players rose 9.4% to 137k. For the year as a whole, total player registration in Spain rose 585k to 1.6m with average monthly active players coming in at 277k. Sports betting revenue came in at…