EGBA Members Contributed More Than €5.5bn to European Society in 2025

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has set out the scale of regulated operators' contributions across the EU and UK. Its Sustainability Report 2026 records more than €5.5bn delivered in 2025 through taxation, sports investment and charitable giving. The document, as first reported by Focus Gaming News, also tracks marked increases in the uptake of voluntary player-protection tools.

Tax payments reached €4.5bn, up from €3.8bn in 2024. Sport received €768m via sponsorships, levies and media rights, a 5 per cent rise year-on-year, with more than half linked to streaming arrangements. Charitable donations stood at €186.6m, 19 per cent higher than the prior year. The member workforce totalled 66,743, an increase of 6 per cent.

Uptake of Safer Gambling Tools

Customer adoption of voluntary protection measures rose 25 per cent to 16.5 million accounts, equal to 38 per cent of the total customer base. Deposit limits accounted for 61 per cent of tool usage. Operators sent 29.6 million personalised safer-gambling messages, 6 per cent more than in 2024, with tailored interventions based on individual behaviour making up 31 per cent of that volume. Member companies invested €98.2m in research, education and treatment; the report corrects an error in last year's edition that had overstated the prior figure at €148.9m. Eighty-five per cent of employees received dedicated training.

Pierre Tournier, Interim Secretary General of EGBA, stated that the numbers demonstrate both economic value and improved standards of care. “Our members are investing in Europe and protecting players. They continue to make a major contribution to European society, funding public services, sport and local communities. Their safer gambling efforts are also becoming more personalised, and more players than ever are choosing to use safety tools. This shows that our members are setting the standard, not just meeting it.” Tournier added that sustained progress requires players to choose the regulated market, where protections and tax revenues are generated, and called for evidence-led regulation together with stronger enforcement against illegal operators.

The report appears while European regulators weigh consumer safeguards against the competitiveness of licensed markets. The compiled data supply a concrete record of what regulated operators deliver on both fronts.