The German research firm “Ystats” announced that they have released a survey which details all of the online gambling habits for the full online gambling industry in Europe.
The survey has been named “Europe Online Gambling Market 2014” and through the survey you find that Europeans gamble online more than any other region. The United Kingdom tops off that list with holding more than 20% for the total amount of gambling that occurs online. Germans on the other hand deposit and wager more than any other country in Europe.
Personal Computers is still the most popular form of online gambling, but recently mobile devices such as Smart phones and Tablets are picking up in popularity, half of those who own a tablet in the United Kingdom gambled online last year. The Germans and the French prefer to use their computers when it comes to gambling online. Belgians on the other hand have been making the transition over to mobile gambling.
As of right now the fastest growing gambling markets within Europe is Turkey and Poland, both of these countries saw a massive growth in online gambling in 2013. Over twenty million punters located in Turkey gambled online last year.
Russia is also seeing a growth in their online gambling more, a 20% increase in wagers occurred in 2013. Russia has not seen a large amount of online gambling occur over mobile devices, experts suspect that mobile gambling in Europe will reach over 60 Million people every year by 2016.