Malta spends €128m in gambling

A new study shows that Maltese people spent €128 million in gambling throughout 2017.

Malta.- Maltese people spent €128 million on gaming services in 2017, according to a new survey carried out by economist Gordon Cordina and statistician Vincent Marmara. The number represents an increase of €3 million over 2015’s figures.

The survey includes gambling, computer games, online gaming and other types of gaming, and was carried out to know the consumption of gambling and gaming services by people in Malta in 2017.

The results were presented on Friday at the Malta Gaming Authority Auditorium, and the study showed that expenditure in the gaming sector increased by €3 million over 2015’s findings. The total spent on gaming activities comprises a 2.6% of households’ expenditure, Malta Today informed.

“Taking up around 73% of expenditure on gaming activities, National Lottery games engaged around 168,801 people last year,” said Cordina and added: “47% of gamers, usually from a younger generation, participated in games that are available for free: computer games, online games and other games like board games with friends.”