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2023 will be a year of growth for online casinos in Spain

Monday 07 de November 2022 / 18:41

⏱ 2 min read

(Spain).- In Spain, casinos have been part of the culture since they were legalized in 1977, currently, in fact, they are part of the tourist attraction of the main cities of the country, such as Madrid. Online casinos were legalized in Spain in 2011, representing a huge advance for this industry that until then was considered competition from physical casinos.

2023 will be a year of growth for online casinos in Spain

Over time it was shown that not only could both industries coexist, but they could also be part of marketing campaigns together. Despite the fact that the current government is trying to limit the growth of the industry through different methods of pressure, the online casino industry has not stopped gaining new users. It is expected that for next year these data will increase even more and that the growth will even exceed the figures achieved in the year 2020, whose maximum peak in searches according to Google Trends, occurred in July of that year, to then stabilize at as the months went by.


Each country where online casinos are available has reported its own growth figures, but in Spain, this growth has been maintained over time, increasing demand and allowing them to offer better promotions. Many of the best casinos in Spain (Gamblingngo.com) have managed to overcome the difficulties and expand to other countries in a satisfactory way, so the industry will have local and foreign users.

INTERNET USE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND SO WILL THE POPULARITY OF CASINOS


As online services that they are, online casinos depend heavily on internet penetration, which according to analysts will continue to grow throughout the decade, especially in developing countries, where the trend of technology adoption is It shot up along with the pandemic and hasn't stopped growing since then. Seeing the opportunity, many European online casinos began moving their chips to break into this growing market, including several headquartered in Spain.


Along with this phenomenon, many local governments in Latin America have been open to the possibility of accepting online casinos within their territories, even drafting bills so that they can be regulated in their countries and become taxpayers by by means of different taxes and tariffs to the States.


ONLINE CASINOS WILL GAIN GREATER RELEVANCE WITH THE WORLD CUP


A much closer forecast has to do with the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar this 2022, which is shortly to be released. This fact, it is hoped, will boost online casinos, specifically those that have an online sports area. It is believed that a large number of users who play in casinos also enjoy betting on sports, which is why a large number of casinos also have a bookmaker.


Despite this, the big bookmakers expect the maximum peak to arrive together with the final of the great event, for which there are already several favorites.

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