The Portuguese online gambling market, legalized since May 2016, has had a successful end of the year and a very satisfactory 2017 year despite the high tax level. Seven gaming operators are currently working on this market and others may arrive in 2018. Sports betting in mind, followed by online casinos The Portuguese regulator - Servico Regulacao and Inspecao de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal - reported the results of the year 2017 and confirmed the upward trend observed throughout the year.

The fourth quarter was convincing with an increase of €10 million compared to the same period in 2016 and Sports Betting an increase of €7 million in the previous quarter (Q3 2017).