Crash games in Morocco and Africa: the 2026 figures

Key figures

> $121 billion — global online gambling revenue in 2025 according to Statista Market Insights, projected above $123 billion by end of 2026: the global scale marker, before the African figures. ^[15]
Source: Statista Market Insights, via GamblingInsider, 2026.

$1.14 billion — the projection of the Moroccan gambling market in 2025 according to CasinoRank (broad scope, offshore included), against $237 million according to 6Wresearch (narrow scope). Two scopes, two figures: we publish both. ^{[1] [2]}
Sources: CasinoRank Research 2026 (Francophone Africa iGaming Market Overview); 6Wresearch, June 2026.

2.78 billion MAD — the MDJS gross gaming revenue projected for 2025, against 1.48 billion in 2023 and 1.7 billion in 2024. ^[3]
Source: MDJS, via the Moroccan press (Le Desk).

~40% — the share of stakes captured by unregulated operators, according to the MDJS's own estimate. ^[3]
Source: MDJS.

≈ 3.5 billion MAD/year — Moroccans' offshore betting, "the only figure available" according to industry observers. ^[4]
Source: iGaming Business, September 2026.

0.3% — the share of online gambling revenue flowing through regulated operators in North Africa in 2025: the lowest on the continent (West Africa: 31%, Southern Africa: 28%). ^[5]
Source: Gaming Compliance International, "Winning Ground" report, July 2026.

30% — the withholding tax introduced by the 2025 finance law on winnings from offshore platforms — a first step toward formal regulation of online gambling in Morocco. ^[1]
Source: CasinoRank Research 2026.

$23 billion — online gambling GGR in Africa in 2025, 77% of it outside licensed sites. The regulated segment still grows: $4.4B (2024) → $5.2B (2025), and 215 million Africans interacted with online gambling in 2025. ^{[6] [5]} The regulation gap is also a data gap: of the 41 Sub-Saharan African countries where gambling is regulated, only 2 continuously publish their regulator's annual reports — and 87.8% publish none (Sichali et al., 2023). ^[13]
Source: GCI 2025 Africa Market Report and "Winning Ground" report (July 2026), via African iGaming Alliance.

$3.08 billion — the African sports-betting market at end of 2025 according to Statista, expected at $3.61B in 2029 (27.5 million users); South Africa alone weighs $768.6M in 2025. ^[7]
Source: Statista, Market Outlook December 2025, via Global Gambling News.

95% — bettors who bet via their smartphone in the six African countries surveyed by GeoPoll (Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda); Morocco is not part of this survey. ^[8]
Source: GeoPoll, "Betting in Africa 2026" (2,866 bettors surveyed, 24 June – 16 July 2026), via FocusGN.

+53.93% — the annual growth of monthly Aviator players in Africa; the continent supplies 19.81% of the game's new players worldwide. ^[9]
Source: Spribe, via SiGMA.

19% — South African players who play crash games: the country's 2nd most-played product, after football betting (61%). ^[10]
Source: TechFinancials, April 2026.

58.8 million — mobile subscriptions in Morocco (159.5% penetration) at mid-2025; median age: 30.8 years — a young, ultra-connected market. ^{[11] [12]}
Sources: DEPF (Directorate of Studies and Financial Forecasts), via MAP; PopulationPyramid.net (World Bank data).