Europe has been one of the oldest betting markets and the European Union (EU) works as a single entity in several matters. As far as online sports betting is concerned, there is no sector-specific legislation plan set by the EU as the situation in each country is different.
The European Gaming and Betting Association has identified sports betting as one of the growing markets as they expect it to reach €29.3 billion in gross revenue in 2022, with online betting playing a substantial role in it.
This means the activity has more or less been adopted by the top countries in the continent like Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Hungry, Italy, Poland, Russia, Malta, Gibraltar, Netherland, Portugal, Norway and Denmark.