Italy: Lottomatica back in front of Stars in casino; Planetwin365 closes Bet365 betting lead

Lottomatica raised its share of the dot.it online casino market to 9.1% in August, enough to move it back ahead of PokerStars, according to estimates exclusively provided to iGaming Business by leading gaming sector advisory firm Ficom Leisure.

The gap between long-time sports betting leader Bet365 and Planetwin365 also continued to close during August, down to 1.7 percentage points from 12.3% in June.

Total gross gaming revenue (GGR) generated by all products in the regulated dot.it market reached €96.96m in August, marginally up on July's total of €95.79m, with casino accounting for 46.2% of this.

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Planetwin365 also broke into the top 10 casino operators and the top three cash poker operators for the first time.

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