This value represents an increase of more than 72 million compared to 2022. They spent, on average, 8.6 million euros per day last year.

Among the Portuguese's favourite games is Scratch Cards, with a sales volume of 1,836 million, 122 million more than in 2022. Euromilhoes and Placard are also among the most popular but have been in decline since 2021.

In the case of Euromillions, which recorded 514 million in sales in 2023 compared to 568 million in 2022, SCML justifies the drop with the “loss of gamblers’ regular gaming habits” and the “absence of long natural cycles that drive levels of jackpots for amounts above 100 million euros”. The new Eurodreams game is also pointed out as a possible factor in the crash.

Sales of Santa Casa games are beginning to approach the values recorded before the pandemic. In 2019, gross sales reached 3,360 million euros.