Latest UKGC statistics released

The UK Gambling Commission has published its six-month update to gambling industry statistics, providing a snapshot of activity, market changes and trends across all gambling sectors for the period October 2016 to November 2017.

Headline findings include:

* GBP 13.9 billion total gross gambling yield of the overall gambling industry in Britain (0.7 percent increase from Apr 2016 – Mar 2017);

* Non-remote GGY declined GBP 93.7 million to GBP 3.3 billion;

* GBP 4.9 billion total GGY for the online sector (3.7 percent increase from Apr 2016 – Mar 2017) contributing GBP 4.9 billion to gross gambling yield;

* 35.2 percent market share for the remote gaming sector (1 percent increase from Apr 2016 – Mar 2017);

* 106,366 total number of employees in the Great Britain gambling industry (0.8 percent decrease from Mar 2017) with more likely to follow after FOBT max stake cuts;

* 8,532 total number of betting shops in Great Britain (3.2 percent decrease from Mar 2017);

* 183,928 total number of gaming machines in Great Britain (0.7 percent decrease from Apr 2016 – Mar 2017);

* 649 total number of bingo premises in Great Britain (Mar 2018) (2 percent increase from Mar 2017);

* 152 total number of casino premises in Great Britain (Mar 2018) (2 more than Mar 2017);

* 1,810 total number of licensed arcades in Great Britain (Mar 2018) (3.5 percent decrease from Mar 2017);

* Virtual sports products generated GBP 169 million in GGY over the period;

* Online and mobile casino games generated GBP 2.7 billion in GGY;

* Football and horse racing betting were the main components in the GBP 2 billion in online sports betting GGY;

* A total of 45 percent of adults reported having gambled within the four weeks running up to the survey. 18 percent of these said they had gambled online – up 1 percent;

See the stats here

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