Self exclusions on the rise in UK gambling
News on 31 May 2018
News on 31 May 2018
One of the interesting statistics reported in the latest UK Gambling Commission study covering the period October 2016 to November 2017 is the growing rate of punters who self-exclude from online gambling; the study notes that compared with the period April 2015 and March 2016, self-exclusions have more than doubled at 1,309,740.
Punters can self-exclude for at least six months and are account specific, not gambler specific, so one person can have multiple self-exclusions.
The amount being bet online has increased substantially over the last 18 months, with betting on remote devices such as phone and websites achieving turnover of GBP 19.7 billion – 25 percent up on the period April 2015 to March 2016.
Football generates the most betting turnover in the UK at GBP 7.97 billion over the period October 2016 to November 2017…that’s 40 percent of all sports betting turnover.
