Statistics and research release
Gambling business data on gambling during Covid-19 November 2020 (published January 2021)
A collection of data provided by gambling businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Summary
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This release contains incorrect information provided by an operator and should be read with caution. We advise users to refer to the most recent 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 2019 | March 2020 | April 2020 | May 2020 | June 2020 | July 2020 | August 2020 | September 2020 | October 2020 | November 2020 | % change from October 2020 to November 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slots | 2,095,824 | 2,618,165 | 2,559,242 | 2,443,130 | 2,458,305 | 2,473,813 | 2,421,090 | 2,574,716 | 2,777,448 | 2,810,429 | 1% |
| Other gaming (including casino) | 1,712,986 | 1,930,885 | 2,032,685 | 1,946,024 | 1,807,668 | 1,790,054 | 1,708,111 | 1,647,659 | 1,789,997 | 1,869,531 | 4% |
| Betting (Real event) | 5,200,165 | 4,635,552 | 2,073,998 | 2,349,895 | 4,041,427 | 4,193,052 | 3,788,158 | 4,315,018 | 4,616,976 | 4,804,643 | 4% |
| Betting (Virtual) | 206,664 | 388,786 | 558,067 | 287,777 | 244,219 | 224,054 | 203,565 | 204,241 | 211,144 | 225,427 | 7% |
| Poker | 266,294 | 408,316 | 626,304 | 557,317 | 418,260 | 350,541 | 314,315 | 295,048 | 307,644 | 342,070 | 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 2019 | March 2020 | April 2020 | May 2020 | June 2020 | July 2020 | August 2020 | September 2020 | October 2020 | November 2020 | % change from October 2020 to November 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slots | 3,855,521,261 | 4,476,762,381 | 5,169,466,187 | 5,301,752,620 | 5,025,562,135 | 4,956,440,942 | 4,910,620,700 | 4,709,343,031 | 5,069,280,743 | 5,246,868,661 | 4% |
| Other gaming (including casino) | 250,562,248 | 257,311,436 | 322,283,690 | 314,964,935 | 282,817,505 | 282,947,938 | 254,131,789 | 259,889,121 | 264,673,314 | 271,828,657 | 3% |
| Betting (Real event) | 276,386,174 | 191,807,193 | 65,052,055 | 104,043,293 | 255,476,612 | 267,219,421 | 235,869,169 | 246,623,765 | 275,974,515 | 286,115,739 | 4% |
| Betting (Virtual) | 14,813,552 | 20,758,180 | 28,493,528 | 24,397,134 | 19,383,209 | 16,784,887 | 14,851,336 | 13,656,558 | 14,835,492 | 16,519,741 | 11% |
| Poker | 96,202,170 | 133,078,469 | 226,548,896 | 202,073,092 | 138,712,018 | 108,472,238 | 100,713,906 | 87,933,864 | 95,872,335 | 106,836,365 | 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 2019 | March 2020 | April 2020 | May 2020 | June 2020 | July 2020 | August 2020 | September 2020 | October 2020 | November 2020 | % change from October 2020 to November 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average session length (minutes) | 26 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 1 |
| Sessions >1hr | 1,573,926 | 1,923,646 | 2,274,521 | 2,327,818 | 2,215,931 | 2,181,919 | 2,030,110 | 1,969,995 | 2,208,520 | 2,274,666 | 3% |
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 2019 | March 2020 | April 2020 | May 2020 | June 2020 | July 2020 | August 2020 | September 2020 | October 2020 | November 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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