We asked ‘who will benefit most from the increase in online sports gambling’ and hundreds of you voted.
It revealed governments and off-shore operators would reap the rewards, as would customers placing the bet, along with broadcasters, coming close behind.
“More regulated environments, such as the one proposed by the UK Gaming Review, don’t necessarily make things easier for the bricks and mortar betting industry as our survey shows,” says Andrew Gellatly, new media analyst at SportBusiness Group and author of the new in-depth report, Online Gambling: The Regulation of Global Sports Betting (an executive summary can be obtained free of charge by contacting us on the number below).
“While more online betting clearly means more taxation revenues, unless governments get the fiscal regime exactly right they are always in danger of losing revenue to offshore jurisdictions when offshore bookmakers have little reason, apart from prestige, to relocate onshore.”
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Who will most benefit from the increase in online sports gambling?
