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UK – British gambling industry sees five per cent rise
By Phil - 13 July 2015
The Gambling Commission has published industry statistics for the period 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2014, when the UK gambling industry generated a gross gambling yield of over £7.1bn, a rise of £327m or five per cent compared to the period April 2013 to March 2014.
The non-remote betting sector represents the largest market with a 47 per cent share of GGY.
Sales in the National Lottery were almost £6.9bn, a rise of over£150m, two per cent, over the period April 2013 to March 2014.
Growth, compared to the previous year, was greatest in the remote betting, bingo and casino sector, up £213m or 19 per cent, in the non-remote casino sector, up £43m or four per cent and in the large society lotteries sector up £29m or 10 per cent. The non-remote betting sector also experienced a growth of £57m, representing a two per cent increase on the previous year.
GGY for B2 machines in betting shops was over £1.6bn, an increase of just under £45m, three per cent, on the figure for the previous reporting period, set against an increase in the number of B2 machines of 344, one per cent. 95,227 people were employed across the industry, a drop of 2,426, up two per cent from the previous reporting period, although the remote sector reported an increase of 450 employees.
After land-based betting, the next largest segment was online sports betting, accounting for 19 per cent of the total, followed by online casinos 16 per cent, bingo nine per cent, arcades five per cent and social lotteries five per cent. Sports betting generated the most revenue with £1.19bn, with 56 per cent coming from football.
In land-based casinos American Roulette lead the way accounting for £366.46m, followed by Punto Banco which generated £220.58m and then Blackjack, which accounted for £203.15.
