Gambling business data on gambling during Covid-19 [Updated September 2020]
Data tables for operator data[1]
Table 1: Total number of active player accounts
Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80% of the online gambling market showing the number of active accounts. Please note that some of the previously published data has been revised based on a corrected submission made by one operator after we queried their data. This table will be updated with July data next month.
Note: a player may have accounts with more than one operator.
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Total Actives (as of 31 March 2019)
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Total Actives (as of 31 March 2020)
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Total Actives (as of 30 April 2020)
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Total Actives (as of 28 May 2020)
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Total Actives (as of 25 June 2020)
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% y-o-y change March
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% change from March 2020 to April 2020
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% change from April 2020 to May 2020
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% change from May 2020 to June 2020
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Total
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15,955,960
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15,618,569
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14,834,583
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14,661,935
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14,834,112
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-2.1%
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-5%
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-1.2%
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1.2%
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Table 2: Total number of active players per vertical
Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80% of the online gambling market showing the number of active players on each vertical.
Note: a player may be active in more than one product, so these columns must not be summarised to give an overall total number of players.
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March 2019
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March 2020
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April 2020
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May 2020
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June 2020
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July 2020
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% y-o-y change March
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% change from March 2020 to April 2020
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% change from April 2020 to May 2020
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% change from May 2020 to June 2020
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% change from June 2020 to July 2020
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Slots
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2,095,824
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2,618,165
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2,559,242
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2,443,130
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2,458,305
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2,473,813
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25%
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-2%
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-5%
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1%
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1%
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Other gaming (incl. casino)
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1,712,986
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1,930,885
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2,032,685
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1,946,024
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1,807,668
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1,790,054
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13%
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5%
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-4%
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-7%
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-1%
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Betting (Real event)
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5,200,165
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4,635,552
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2,073,998
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2,237,619
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4,041,427
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4,193,052
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-11%
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-55%
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8%
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81%
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4%
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Betting (Virtual)
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206,664
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388,786
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558,067
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287,777
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244,219
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224,054
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88%
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44%
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-48%
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-15%
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-8%
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Poker
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266,294
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408,316
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626,304
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557,317
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418,260
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350,541
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53%
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53%
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-11%
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-25%
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-16%
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Table 3: Total number of bets placed per vertical
Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80% of the online gambling market showing the number of bets placed on each vertical.
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March 2019
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March 2020
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April 2020
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May 2020
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June 2020
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July 2020
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% y-o-y change March
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% change from March 2020 to April 2020
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% change from April 2020 to May 2020
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% change from May 2020 to June 2020
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% change from June 2020 to July 2020
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Slots
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3,855,521,261
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4,476,762,381
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5,169,466,187
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5,301,752,620
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5,025,562,135
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4,956,440,942
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16%
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15%
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3%
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-5%
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-1%
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Other gaming (incl. casino)
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250,562,248
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257,311,436
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322,283,690
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314,964,935
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282,817,505
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282,947,938
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3%
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25%
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-2%
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-10%
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0
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Betting (Real event)
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276,386,174
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191,807,193
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78,101,454
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104,043,293
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255,476,612
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267,219,421
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-31%
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-59%
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33%
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146%
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5%
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Betting (Virtual)
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14,813,552
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20,758,180
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28,493,528
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24,397,134
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19,383,209
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16,784,887
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40%
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37%
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-14%
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-21%
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-13%
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Poker
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96,202,170
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133,078,469
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226,548,896
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202,073,092
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138,712,018
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108,472,238
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38%
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70%
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-11%
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-31%
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-22%
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Table 4: Session length
Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80% of the online gambling market showing average session length in minutes and the number of sessions that lasted an hour or longer.
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March 2019
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March 2020
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April 2020
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May 2020
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June 2020
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July 2020
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y-o-y change March
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change from March 2020 to April 2020
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change from April 2020 to May 2020
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change from May 2020 to June 2020
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change from June 2020 to July 2020
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Av. session length (minutes)
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26
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22
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22
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22
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21
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21
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-4
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0
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0
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-1
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0
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Sessions >1hr
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1,573,926
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1,923,646
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2,274,521
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2,327,818*
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2,215,931*
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2,181,919
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22%
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18%
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2%
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-5%
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-2%
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*resubmission by an operator
Table 5: Gross Gambling Yield[1]
Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80% of the online gambling market showing the GGY from each vertical.
Note: March data includes the Cheltenham Festival
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March 2019
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March 2020
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April 2020
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May 2020
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June 2020
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July 2020
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% y-o-y change March
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% change from March 2020 to April 2020
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% change from April 2020 to May 2020
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% change from May 2020 to June 2020
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% change from June 2020 to July 2020
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Slots
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£162,345,550
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£186,659,624
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£169,033,423
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£184,276,776
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£166,468,891
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£162,877,179
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15%
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-9%
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9%
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-10%
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-2%
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Other gaming (incl. casino)
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£60,749,253
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£57,829,567
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£76,952,429
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£77,891,649
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£68,527,685
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£66,048,564
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-5%
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33%
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1%
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-12%
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-4%
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Betting (Real Event)
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£85,516,233
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£160,950,242
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£61,938,466
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£101,352,941
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£217,468,648
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£209,302,808
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88%
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-62%
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64%
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115%
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-4%
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Betting (Virtual)
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£6,618,687
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£9,063,796
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£12,818,108
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£11,276,994
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£9,560,200
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£7,963,419
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37%
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41%
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-12%
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-15%
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-17%
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Betting (eSports)
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£50,223
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£1,517,548
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£3,393,637
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£4,616,610
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£3,472,951
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£2,591,106
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2922%
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124%
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36%
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-25%
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-25%
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Poker
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£8,070,102
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£12,069,504
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£20,068,939
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£18,335,269
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£11,675,197
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£9,023,180
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50%
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66%
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-9%
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-36%
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-23%
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Other
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£4,965,236
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£4,684,760
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£1,783,987
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£1,815,272
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£1,760,994
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£1,351,716
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-6%
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-62%
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2%
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-3%
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-23%
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Licensed betting operator data
Absolute values are not directly comparable between these periods for several reasons including:
- Retail not in operation for a full month in March and June
- Phased openings; times and premises
- Local restrictions
- Impact of restrictions on other retail gambling sectors
Please be mindful of the date ranges in the tables below, where the 2020 periods cover a different number of days each time to reflect times premises were open.
Table 6: Number of bets/spins
Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 85% of the retail betting market showing the number of bets/slips across available products.
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15-30 June 2019
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1-23 March 2020
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15-30 June 2020
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1-31 July 2020
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Over the counter
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35,272,619
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37,441,423
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15,475,557
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57,115,911
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SSBT
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3,887,440
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5,604,738
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2,630,472
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7,155,888
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Machines
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627,616,390
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771,662,386
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490,568,791
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981,232,162
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Table 7: GGY
Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 85% of the retail betting market showing GGY across available products.
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15-30 June 2019
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1-23 March 2020
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15-30 June 2020
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1-31 July 2020
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Over the counter
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£45,627,400
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£48,830,471
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£21,458,870
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£62,491,387
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SSBT
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£9,531,445
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£15,971,095
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£9,632,832
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£23,150,370
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Machines
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£45,067,634
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£59,453,732
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£41,571,866
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£81,635,461
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Table 8: Machine sessions
Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 85% of the retail betting market showing machines data.
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15-30 June 2019
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1-23 March 2020
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15-30 June 2020
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1-31 July 2020
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Total number of sessions
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5,915,334
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6,815,675
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3,462,297
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7,762,246
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# sessions >1hr
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160,694
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168,911
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121,497
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247,394
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[1] Changes in data could be due to a variety of factors impacting the market since Mar 2019.
[2] This should not be directly compared to GGY published in our Industry Statistics because this data is taken from a sample of approximately 80% of the online market.