Press Releases

09.07.2025

Our latest sustainability report highlights substantial progress by EGBA members in contributing positively to European society and promoting safer gambling, including record levels of player safety messaging and safety tool use.  Brussels, 9 July 2025 – Members of the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) contributed €3.8 billion in taxes to the European economy in 2024 and achieved record progress in safer gambling and social responsibility, according to the association's fifth annual sustainability report published today. The report reveals that EGBA members sent 100 million safety messages to their European customers in 2024 – a 48% year-on-year increase - and 69% of their customers, or 26.7 million of them, use safety tools, with half doing so voluntarily. The Sustainability Report 2025 outlines the collective efforts of EGBA members to contribute positively to European society through safer gambling, social investment, and responsible business practices. It presents data on customer demographics, use of safety...

04.07.2025

EGBA members have completed the second annual reporting process for the association’s pan-European anti-money laundering guidelines, reinforcing our shared commitment to strengthening AML compliance across the sector. Brussels, 4 July 2025 - Members of the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) have successfully finished the annual reporting process for the association’s pan-European Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Guidelines. This was the second annual monitoring process and marks another key milestone in EGBA’s commitment to strengthening AML compliance across Europe’s online gambling sector. The guidelines, published in March 2023, provide practical, sector-specific guidance for online gambling operators on conducting customer and business risk assessments, customer due diligence processes, suspicious transaction reporting, and record keeping. The guidelines apply a risk-based approach aligned with EU and FATF standards and address the unique specificities of online gambling that AML regulators may be less familiar with. “We’re pleased to have completed the second annual reporting process and...

27.05.2025

EGBA is pleased to announce that this year's European Safer Gambling Week will take place from 17-23 November 2025. Join us in promoting safer gambling across Europe! Brussels, 27 May 2025 – The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) is pleased to announce the dates for this year's European Safer Gambling Week, which will take place from 17-23 November 2025. European Safer Gambling Week[1] is an annual collaborative initiative to raise awareness about safer gambling in Europe and foster a strong culture of player protection. Organised by EGBA, the initiative serves as a platform to inform citizens about safer gambling and promote information and best practice-sharing between stakeholders across Europe's gambling sector, including operators, regulators, technology providers, support organisations, and experts-by-experience. This year will be the fifth edition of the initiative and follows the unprecedented success of 2024, which saw 195 partners participate in a social media campaign across 26 countries reaching...

30.04.2025

We are pleased to partner with Letzz, an innovative AI-powered platform that monitors regulatory changes in Europe's online gambling sector. Brussels, 30 April 2025 - The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) is pleased to announce a partnership with Letzz, an AI-powered compliance workspace designed for online gambling, to modernise regulatory monitoring and enhance strategic compliance across Europe’s fragmented online gambling landscape. Through this partnership, EGBA will implement Letzz's AI-powered tool to enhance its own regulatory monitoring capabilities. Launching this week, the Letzz platform offers operators real-time, expert-validated insights and automated regulatory news scanning, creating a single, reliable source of information for compliance management. "We are committed to promoting the highest standards of compliance across Europe's online gambling sector," said Maarten Haijer, Secretary General at EGBA. "With 27 countries in the EU, each with their own gambling laws and a myriad of requirements, accessible tools like Letzz can help both...

31.03.2025

The association publishes its Annual Activity Report 2025, highlighting key organisational achievements over the past 12 months and latest online gambling market data from its members. Brussels, 31 March 2025 – The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), representing Europe's leading online gambling operators, has published its Annual Activity Report. The report showcases EGBA's key achievements and provides valuable insights into the European online gambling market through aggregated market data from its members. The Annual Activity Report 2025 details EGBA's achievements across several areas. The 4th annual European Safer Gambling Week expanded to a record 26 countries with 195 stakeholders participating, reaching 3 million citizens with important safety messages. EGBA's annual sustainability reporting revealed record usage of safer gambling tools, with 21 million customers (65% of total) using safety tools and over 67 million messages sent to players to promote safe and sustainable play. EGBA conducted a second monitoring exercise...

24.03.2025

Online gambling accounted for 39% of Europe's total gambling revenue in 2024, up from 37% in 2023, with steady growth projected for 2025, according to a new report published by EGBA in partnership with H2 Gambling Capital. Brussels, 24 March 2025 – Europe's gambling market reached €123.4 billion in gross gaming revenue (GGR)[1] in 2024, a 5% increase from 2023, according to the latest market data report published by the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) in partnership with H2 Gambling Capital. According to the "European Gambling Market - Key Figures 2025 Edition" report, which covers the EU-27 and UK gambling markets and includes aggregated data and forecasts for Europe's gambling market, online gambling products, and information about different national gambling markets, online gambling revenue increased to €47.9 billion in 2024, while land-based gambling grew to €75.5 billion. Online gambling continues to gain market share The steady growth in online gambling revenue...