Spain’s land-based bingo sector expects another year of modest expansion in 2025, with the national employers’ confederation CEJ projecting that aggregate sales of bingo with physical paper cards will rise by 1.5% versus 2024—a headline that matters because it points to stability, not a post-pandemic spike.
The forecast was shared following CEJ’s general assembly in Madrid, where industry leaders reviewed the operational outlook for venues that continue to rely on high-frequency, repeat visitation and disciplined cost control.
Context is important: sector reporting for 2024 described a year of incremental gains, with paper-card bingo sales around the €1.51 billion level and growth close to 2% over 2023. Against that baseline, CEJ’s 2025 projection reads as a continuation of a slow but consistent recovery rather than a boom driven by extraordinary demand.
For international gaming executives, Spain’s paper bingo story is a reminder that mature retail gaming verticals can remain resilient when they are treated as a volume-and-retention business: optimizing session design, staffing, and venue experience while keeping a close watch on margins. In that environment, a low-single-digit growth forecast can be meaningful—especially as operators balance inflation pressures, labor dynamics, and competition from digital entertainment.
If 2025 meets the 1.5% target, the sector’s headline will be less about rapid expansion and more about durability—a market proving it can grow through consistency.
