Gespa’s 2025 annual report shows Switzerland’s gambling market generated CHF 3.87 billion in turnover across large-scale gaming activities.
The report also highlights developments in games of skill, small lotteries, sports betting, and poker tournaments.
Swiss Gambling Market Performance Revealed for 2025
Gespa has published its Annual Report and Statistics 2025, providing an overview of supervisory activities and the latest performance figures across Switzerland’s regulated gambling market.
According to the report, large-scale gaming activities, including inter-cantonal, automated, and online lotteries and sports betting, generated total turnover of CHF 3.87 billion during 2025. The figure represented a decline of 2.4% compared with the previous year.
Gross gaming revenue from these large-scale games reached CHF 1.20 billion, marking a year-on-year decrease of 3.7%. Net expenditure per resident on large-scale lotteries and sports betting also declined by 4% to CHF 132.
The report also provided figures for inter-cantonal, automated, and online games of skill. The 17 licensed operators in this segment generated total gross gaming revenue of CHF 19.2 million during 2025, representing growth of 2.3% compared with the previous year.
The number of gaming machines operating within this category declined from 1,540 in 2024 to 1,406 at the end of 2025, reflecting changes in the market’s land-based gaming infrastructure.
In the small-scale gaming sector, authorities approved 1,225 small lotteries during the year, an increase from 1,172 approved in 2024. The total authorised stake for these lotteries reached CHF 19.6 million.
Swiss cantons also continued to regulate local sports betting and poker events. Five cantons issued a combined total of nine licences for local sports betting activities, while 19 cantons granted 77 licences for the organisation of small poker tournaments, matching the previous year’s number of participating cantons.
Alongside the market statistics, Gespa’s annual report reviewed its regulatory and supervisory activities throughout 2025. The published figures provide insight into changing consumer spending patterns and the performance of different gambling verticals across the Swiss market.
The latest data demonstrates continued activity across Switzerland’s regulated gambling ecosystem, with lotteries, sports betting, games of skill, and small gaming formats all contributing to the country’s broader gaming landscape.
