The European Casino Association (ECA) has become the latest organisation to call for stronger cross-border enforcement against illegal online gambling after revealing that the black market targeting EU consumers reached an estimated €91.6bn (£78.3bn) in 2025.
The figure is up around 14% year-on-year and was presented for the first time during a high-level roundtable in the European Parliament.
It replaces the previous 2024 estimate of €80bn that had originally been used in the meeting’s title and means illegal operators deprived EU member states of an estimated €22.9bn in tax revenue during 2025.
Hosted by Member of European Parliament Lukas Mandl, the roundtable brought together representatives from many industry stakeholders including:
The European Commission
The Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)
Eurojust
The Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JSPG)
National gambling regulators
ECA: over 6,000 black market operators active
The ECA report estimates that mor..