Gambling - Commission Issue First Online Gambling Statistics

The Gambling Commission have issued statistics in relation how much consumers in Britain spend on gambling online. The figures cover a five month period and detail data from all operators offering online facilities to customers in Britain. The period covered is November 2014 to March 2015, which coincides with the first period when online operators trading with customers in Britain had to be licensed by the Gambling Commission.

Further figures covering “almost a year’s worth of online gambling data” are promised in June 2016.

The Commission state as follows:

“Findings for the period between April 2014 to March 2015 include:

• The non-remote (not online) British commercial gambling industry (excluding the National Lottery and Society Lotteries data) generated a gross gambling yield (GGY) or equivalent of £5.4bn. This represents an increase of 2% or £112m when compared with the previous year.
• Growth in the non-remote casino sector is up £50m (or 4.5%) and in the large society lotteries sector (up £54.8m or 18%). The non-remote betting sector also experienced a growth of £78.4m, representing a 2% increase on the previous year.
• GGY for B2 machines in betting shops was over £1.6bn, an increase of just over £99m (6%) on the figure for the previous reporting period, set against an increase in the number of B2 machines of 60.
• 104,869 people were employed across the industry”

The full statistics can be found here: Gambling Commision Industry Statistics