NewSlot machines are once again ahead of the rest, with revenues of over ?15.8bn, a rise of 15.1% against ?13.8bn in 2007. Scratch cards are in second place, with revenues of ?6.8bn (15.7% above the ?5.9bn figure in 2007). Sport betting comes third, but worthy of a greater honour because of the higher rate of growth. This sector has recorded an increase of 54.7%, thanks to revenues of ?2.7bn against ?1.7bn during the same period last year.

These three games on their own represent 74% of the entire sector revenues, having netted ?25.3bn.

More or less unchanged or if anything in a slow decline are the revenues from SuperEnalotto, netting ?1.46bn in the first 9 months of the year, a reduction of 1.4% against ?1.48bn in 2007. Lotto is in fourth place, with revenues of ?4.4bn, while Bingo has recorded a decline of 6.5% with revenues close to ?1.2bn. On the other hand, horse betting is sharply down (-9.1% with revenues of ?1.8bn) and football pools show an even more significant drop (Totocalcio, Totogol, Il9 and Big Match). These games have netted only ?121m in total, a fall of 28.4%. Source: JAMMA

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