Germany’s overall gambling participation rate continues to decline, despite increases in gambling stakes and revenue.

The German Center for Addiction (DHS) recently released its 2018 Yearbook (in German), which tracks rates of consumption of all manner of potentially addictive substances and activities, including drugs, alcohol and gambling.

According to the yearbook, the lifetime gambling participation rate among all Germans fell to 75.3% in 2017 from 87.1% in 2009. The prevalence rate over the 12 months of 2017 was 37.3%, on par with statistics from last year’s Drug and Addiction Report 2017 (which actually covered activity in 2015).

The decline in gambling participation comes despite the fact that Germany’s gambling market has undergone a 191.5% increase since the country liberalized its land-based market in 2006.