The number of players gambling with Malta-licensed operators hit a new high in the first half of 2022, after declines in the previous year.
The number of active player accounts with Malta-licensed operators rose by 8.7% year-on-year after a decline in 2021, to 19.3 million. This exceeded the previous high of 19.0 million recorded in the last six months of 2020.
The rise was mostly due to a record 8.9 million new accounts being created.
Much of the rise was due to higher numbers of younger players, with the portion of players aged between 18 and 24 rising to almost 25% of the total player base. In addition, the Malta gaming sector was found to have contributed €573m in gross value added for the half-year, or 8.0% of the Maltese economy. The gross value added total was up 12.4% from the first half of 2021.
The sector also employed 10,861 people as of June 2022, almost 600 more than a year earlier.
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