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Statistics and research release

Gambling business data on gambling during coronavirus (COVID-19) November 2020 (published January 2021)

A collection of data provided by gambling businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Summary

This release contains incorrect information provided by an operator and should be read with caution. We advise users to refer to the most recent coronavirus (COVID-19) data release, which contains corrected data.

Details

Data tables for operator data1

Table 1: 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.

March 2019March 2020April 2020May 2020June 2020July 2020August 2020September 2020October 2020November 2020% change from October 2020 to November 2020
Slots2,095,8242,618,1652,559,2422,443,1302,458,3052,473,8132,421,0902,574,7162,777,4482,810,429 1%
Other gaming (including casino)1,712,9861,930,8852,032,6851,946,0241,807,6681,790,0541,708,1111,647,6591,789,9971,869,531 4%
Betting (Real event)5,200,1654,635,5522,073,9982,349,8954,041,4274,193,0523,788,1584,315,0184,616,9764,804,643 4%
Betting (Virtual)206,664388,786558,067287,777244,219224,054203,565204,241211,144225,427 7%
Poker266,294408,316626,304557,317418,260350,541314,315295,048307,644342,070 11%

Table 2: 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.

March 2019March 2020April 2020May 2020June 2020July 2020August 2020September 2020October 2020November 2020% change from October 2020 to November 2020
Slots3,855,521,2614,476,762,3815,169,466,1875,301,752,6205,025,562,1354,956,440,9424,910,620,7004,709,343,0315,069,280,7435,246,868,661 4%
Other gaming (including casino)250,562,248257,311,436322,283,690314,964,935282,817,505282,947,938254,131,789259,889,121264,673,314271,828,657 3%
Betting (Real event)276,386,174191,807,19365,052,055104,043,293255,476,612267,219,421235,869,169246,623,765275,974,515286,115,739 4%
Betting (Virtual)14,813,55220,758,18028,493,52824,397,13419,383,20916,784,88714,851,33613,656,55814,835,49216,519,74111%
Poker96,202,170133,078,469226,548,896202,073,092138,712,018108,472,238100,713,90687,933,86495,872,335106,836,365 11%

Table 3: 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

March 2019March 2020April 2020May 2020June 2020July 2020August 2020September 2020October 2020November 2020% change from October 2020 to November 2020
Average session length (minutes)262222222121212121221
Sessions >1hr1,573,9261,923,6462,274,5212,327,8182,215,9312,181,9192,030,1101,969,9952,208,5202,274,6663%

Table 4: Gross Gambling Yield2

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

March 2019March 2020April 2020May 2020June 2020July 2020August 2020September 2020October 2020November 2020% change from October 2020 to November 2020
Slots£162,345,550£186,659,624£169,033,423£184,276,776£166,468,891£162,877,179£164,133,547£157,426,320£172,490,166£176,809,692 3%
Other gaming (including casino)£60,749,253£57,829,567£76,952,429£77,891,649£68,527,685£66,048,564£59,502,319£56,585,051£62,683,656£66,449,370 6%
Betting (Real event)£85,516,233£160,950,242£61,938,466£101,352,941£217,468,648£209,302,808£164,416,560£189,653,997£290,025,058£209,232,147 -28%
Betting (Virtual)£6,618,687£9,063,796£12,818,108£11,276,994£9,560,200£7,963,419£6,682,074£6,088,550£6,621,075£7,173,437 8%
Betting (eSports)£50,223£1,517,548£3,393,637£4,616,610£3,472,951£2,591,106£1,826,930£1,310,019£795,705£1,414,539 78%
Poker£8,070,102£12,069,504£20,068,939£18,335,269£11,675,197£9,023,180£8,345,509£7,898,358£8,328,587£9,109,098 9%
Other£4,965,236£4,684,760£1,783,987£1,815,272£1,760,994£1,351,716£1,232,589£1,366,204£1,425,285£1,315,936 -8%

Notes

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.

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