UKGC releases industry statistics

[The Buzz]

The UK Gambling Commission publishes industry statistics twice a year (in May and November) and the latest report, released last week, covers the period between April 2016 and March 2017.

News regarding remote gambling from the report:

This sector constitutes 34% of the overall market with £4.7bn GGY (10.1% increase). Within the remote sector, casino games have generated £2.6bn in GGY, predominantly through slots games (£1.7bn). GGY for remote betting totals £1.9bn and is dominated by football and horsebetting

Other key findings include:

• £13.7bn - total Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) of the Great Britain gambling industry (Apr 2016 – Mar 2017) (1.8% increase from Apr 2015 – Mar 2016)
• 106,236 - number of employees in the Great Britain gambling industry (Mar 2017) (1% decrease from Mar 2016)
• 8,502 - number of betting shops in Great Britain (Sep 2017) (3.9% decrease from Mar 2017)
• 583 - number of bingo premises in Great Britain (Sep 2017) (1.4% decrease from Mar 2017)
• 146 - number of casinos in Great Britain (Sep 2017) (1 more than Mar 2017)
• 1,750 - number of licensed arcades in Great Britain (Sep 2017) (5.1% decrease from Mar 2017)
• £4.7bn - Gross Gambling Yield for the remote sector (Apr 2016 – Mar 2017) (10.1% increase from Apr 2015 – Mar 2016)
• 34% - the market share of the remote (online) sector (Apr 2016 – Mar 2017) (1.5% increase from Apr 2015 – Mar 2016)
• 182,916 - number of gaming machines in Great Britain (Apr 2016 – Mar 2017) (1.8% increase from Apr 2015 – Mar 2016) (excludes those requiring only a local authority permit)
• £1.5bn - contributions (to good causes) from The National Lottery (Apr 2016 – Mar 2017) (16.9% decrease from Apr 2015 – Mar 2016)
• £255.6m - contributions to good causes from large society lotteries (Apr 2016 – Mar 2017) (20.5% increase from Apr 2015 – Mar 2016)

Here is a link to the entire report: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk...statistics.pdf

Here is a link to an infographic that highlights some of the key stats: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk...tatistics.aspx

[Pokerface]

Interesting statistics .... no real surprises that the brick and mortar locations are decreasing along with employees and online is increasing. Disappointing to see contributions to good causes from The National Lottery is down so much.