The country's online betting market, comprising both legal and unlicensed activity, grew to an estimated PLN7.9bn (£1.63bn/€1.82bn/$2.02bn) for 2018, up from PLN5.0bn in 2015, according to the NIK. Over this period, amounts wagered via legal operators soared more than 600% to PLN3.88bn by 2018.
However, the illegal market still remains dominant, despite growing at a much slower rate and having seen market share decline as a result of regulated growth. The value of unlicensed online wagering increased 42% over the same period, to PLN4.01bn, accounting for 51% of the market.