Overall current industry climate

From the analyses pictured in the charts on this page we can derive the following insights:

  • Current business climate – 27% of the experts consider the current climate as “good”. 73% of the surveyed experts and market insiders assess the current business climate of the online gambling industry as “satisfactory” or “poor”.
  • Industry climate development – In the chart at the bottom of this page, we compare the assessments of the current business climate at the various quarters when we conducted the surveys. At the beginning of 2023, we saw a significant drop in the industry climate. Since this drop, the industry climate has not changed much but has remained on a low(er) level without substantial changes.

In the recent quarters, we saw an up and down of the estimates regarding the current business climate with a slight downward trend.

Future business climates

Regarding the outlook for the future business climate of the next 12 months, we see the following:

  • Future outlook – Regarding the future business climate (in the next 12 months), 41% of the experts surveyed believe that the industry climate will be “good”, an increase compared to the current “good”-share of 27% – see the chart at the top of the preceding page.
  • Development of outlook – In the chart on the right, we compare the assessments of the future business climate at the various times/months when we conducted surveys. Like the current business climate estimate, the evaluation of the future industry climate saw an up and down in recent quarters.

We are not sure what led to the decrease in Q2/2024. Maybe the LatAm-related expectations pushing the estimates in the last quarter are now again less optimistic (see also regional analysis below).