Press Releases

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...

21.03.2025

Brussels, 21 March 2025 - In light of a recent Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling concerning the EU notification requirements for draft gambling legislation,[1] the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) reiterates the importance of the EU notification procedure when member states introduce or amend their national gambling regulations. The CJEU has consistently upheld that draft national gambling regulations which constitute "technical regulations" under EU law must be notified to the European Commission through the Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) procedure. In its recent ruling, the Court specifically found that failure to notify to the Commission any amendments that expand the scope of existing national laws, or add new requirements, renders such provisions unenforceable against gambling operators. This notification procedure, established under Directive 2015/1535, is not merely a procedural formality but a fundamental safeguard to ensure that national gambling laws comply with EU law. Disregarding the...

24.02.2025

The latest monitoring exercise of EGBA's pan-European responsible advertising code found high compliance among EGBA members with minor protection measures in traditional advertising channels, while identifying areas for improvement on social media. Brussels, 24 February 2025 - The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has released a summary of findings from the second monitoring exercise of the association’s pan-European responsible advertising code, conducted by the independent European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA). Following the first monitoring exercise in 2022,[1] this latest assessment focused on minor protection measures, revealing strong compliance in traditional advertising channels while identifying areas for improvement in social media. The monitoring exercise, concluded in December 2024, assessed 120 individual advertisements from EGBA members across multiple platforms including television, YouTube, websites, and social media channels in four selected markets: Greece, Spain, Romania, and the UK. Self-Regulatory Organisations (SROs)[2] in these markets assessed the compliance of the advertisements with the EGBA...