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Statistics and research release

Gambling business data on gambling during Covid-19 July 2020 (published September 2020)

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

Statistics
Statistics and research hub

Collection
The gambling market

Series
Market impact of Covid 19

Published on
30 September 2020

Summary

Additional data sets in this series

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

Please note that due to a resubmission of data by an operator, some of the data from the March publication has changed slightly.

Table 1: Total number of active player accounts

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80% of the online gambling market. 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.

Note: a player may have accounts with more than one operator.

Total Actives (as of 31 March 2019)Total Actives (as of 31 March 2020)Total Actives (as of 30 April 2020)Total Actives (as of 28 May 2020)Total Actives (as of 25 June 2020)% y-o-y change March% change from March 2020 to April 2020% change from April 2020 to May 2020% change from May 2020 to June 2020
Total15,955,96015,618,56914,834,58314,661,93514,834,112-2.11%-5.02%-1.2%1.2%

Table 2: Total number of active players per vertical

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80% of the online gambling market.

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 2020% y-o-y change March% change from March 2020 to April 2020% change from April 2020 to May 2020% change from May 2020 to June 2020% change from June 2020 to July 2020
Slots2,095,8242,618,1652,559,2422,443,1302,458,3052,473,81325%-2%-5%1%1%
Other gaming (incl. casino)1,712,9861,930,8852,032,6851,946,0241,807,6681,790,05413%5%-4%-7%-1%
Betting (Real event)5,200,1654,635,5522,073,9982,349,8954,041,4274,193,052-11%-55%13%81%4%
Betting (Virtual)206,664388,786558,067287,777244,219224,05488%44%-48%-15%-8%
Poker266,294408,316626,304557,317418,260350,54153%53%-11%-25%-16%

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.

March 2019March 2020April 2020May 2020June 2020July 2020% y-o-y change March% change from March 2020 to April 2020% change from April 2020 to May 2020% change from May 2020 to June 2020% change from June 2020 to July 2020
Slots3,855,521,2614,476,762,3815,169,466,1875,301,752,6205,025,562,1354,956,440,94216%15%3%-5%-1%
Other gaming (incl.casino)250,562,248257,311,436322,283,690314,964,935282,817,505282,947,9383%25%-2%-10%0%
Betting (Real event)276,386,174191,807,19365,052,055104,043,293255,476,612267,219,421-31%-59%33%146%5%
Betting (Virtual)14,813,55220,758,18028,493,52824,397,13419,383,20916,784,88740%37%-14%-21%-13%
Poker96,202,170133,078,469226,548,896202,073,092138,712,018108,472,23838%70%-11%-31%-22%

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

March 2019March 2020April 2020May 2020June 2020July 2020% y-o-y change March% change from March 2020 to April 2020% change from April 2020 to May 2020% change from May 2020 to June 2020% change from June 2020 to July 2020
Av. session length (minutes)262222222121-400-10
Sessions >1hr1,573,9261,923,6462,274,5212,327,818*2,215,931*2,181,91922%18%-8%-5%-2%

* resubmission by an operator

Table 5: 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 2020% y-o-y change March% change from March 2020 to April 2020% change from April 2020 to May 2020% change from May 2020 to June 2020% change from June 2020 to July 2020
Slots£162,345,550£186,659,624£169,033,423£166,468,891£162,877,17915%-9%9%-10%-2%
Other gaming (incl. casino)£60,749,253£57,829,567£76,952,429£77,891,649£68,527,685£66,048,564-5%33%1%-12%-4%
Betting (Real event)£85,516,233£160,950,242£61,938,466£101,352,941£217,468,648£209,302,80888%-62%64%115%-4%
Betting (Virtual)£6,618,687£9,063,796£12,818,108£11,276,994£9,560,200£7,963,41937%41%-12%-15%-17%
Betting (eSports)£50,223£1,517,548£3,393,637£4,616,610£3,472,951£2,591,1062922%124%36%-25%-25%
Poker£8,070,102£12,069,504£20,068,939£<18,335,269£11,675,197£9,023,18050%66%-9%-36%-23%
Other£4,965,236£4,684,760£1,783,987£1,815,272£1,760,994£1,351,716-6%-62%2%-3%-23%

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.

15-30 June 20191-23 March 202015-30 June 20201-31 July 2020
Over the counter35,272,61937,441,42315,475,55757,115,911
SSBT3,887,4405,604,7382,630,4727,155,888
Machines627,616,390771,662,386490,568,791981,232,162

Table 7: GGY

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 85% of the retail betting market showing GGY across available products.

15-30 June 20191-23 March 202015-30 June 20201-31 July 2020
Over the counter£45,627,400£48,830,471£21,458,870£62,491,387
SSBT£9,531,445£15,971,095£9,632,832£23,150,370
Machines£45,067,634£59,453,732£41,571,866£81,635,461

Table 8: Machine sessions

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 85% of the retail betting market showing machines data.

15-30 June 20191-23 March 202015-30 June 20201-31 July 2020
Total number of sessions5,915,3346,815,6753,462,2977,762,246
number of sessions >1hr160,694168,911121,497247,394

Notes

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.

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