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Illegal online gambling: Consumer engagement and trends

The Gambling Commission’s report into estimated trends in consumer engagement with illegal gambling websites.

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Published
25 September 2025

Last updated
30 September 2024 - Changes

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Contents

• Illegal online gambling: Consumer engagement and trends

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• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Identifying illegal gambling websites
• Measuring engagement with the online illegal market
• Assumptions on use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
• Conclusions
• Next steps
• Annexes
• • Annex A - Summary of approach, assumptions and caveats
  • Annex B - Bootstrapping methodology for web traffic estimates
  • Annex C - Consumer research on VPN use

Financial information - eSports betting

Group	Question	Guidance
eSports Betting	eSports Revenue - Gross Gambling Yield (GGY)	Provide the total amount of GGY attributable to eSports betting, for GB customers only. You should have already reported the total amount of GGY from Other betting types in other sections of the return. Enter here the amount of the GGY from eSports betting which is contained within your Other betting type entries.
eSports Betting	eSports Revenue – Total GGY	Calculated field - no user entry required.

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Last updated: 30 September 2024

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