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Statistics and research release

Gambling business data on gambling to June 2023 (published August 2023)

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

Summary

Details

The full dataset from the earlier months of the pandemic is available in the Excel document.

This data should not be compared with data from industry statistics.1

Online operator data

The following data tables cover online gambling activity.2

Table 1: Total number of active players per vertical

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80 percent 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.

Total number of active players per vertical
Actives per vertical Quarter 1 2022 to 2023 Quarter 1 2023 to 2024
April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023
Slots 3,664,543 3,606,017 3,475,249 4,187,879 3,991,307 3,853,140
Other gaming (including casino) 2,118,616 2,092,688 1,981,706 2,596,868 2,519,879 2,414,196
Betting (Real event) 7,677,460 5,640,833 4,565,152 7,291,412 5,245,117 4,928,477
Betting (Virtual) 236,914 236,080 212,673 192,641 177,335 175,531
Poker 238,022 238,190 233,164 222,379 221,616 216,589

Table 2: Total number of bets placed per vertical

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80 percent of the online gambling market showing the number of bets placed on each vertical.

Total number of bets placed per vertical
Bets per vertical Quarter 1 2022 to 2023 Quarter 1 2023 to 2024
April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023
Slots 6,354,781,475 6,440,874,533 5,941,560,711 6,731,279,393 6,737,292,018 6,534,717,237
Other gaming (including casino) 310,089,022 313,830,496 318,161,974 325,952,563 308,856,400 292,752,613
Betting (Real event) 334,177,769 309,323,221 275,551,219 389,589,440 330,133,477 272,518,586
Betting (Virtual) 12,520,884 11,875,579 10,891,057 9,557,469 8,975,494 8,782,746
Poker 75,573,120 71,048,341 70,643,965 71,631,321 72,192,567 67,625,145

Table 3: Slots session length

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80 percent of the online gambling market showing average slots session length in minutes and the number of sessions that lasted an hour or longer.

Slots session length
Session length Quarter 1 2022 to 2023 Quarter 1 2023 to 2024
April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023
Average session length (minutes) 17 17 17 17 17 16
Sessions over 1 hour 2,823,712 2,868,293 2,670,971 2,946,909 2,725,818 2,703,504
Total number of sessions 41,045,944 43,266,921 41,200,102 46,647,153 42,735,345 43,386,371

Table 4: Gross Gambling Yield (GGY)3

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80 percent of the online gambling market showing the Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) from each vertical.

Gross Gambling Yield
GGY by vertical Quarter 1 2022 to 2023 Quarter 1 2023 to 2024
April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023
Slots £192,190,032 £193,395,436 £179,115,881 £195,286,683 £197,421,223 £190,585,849
Other gaming (including casino) £53,665,664 £54,827,946 £49,073,441 £51,443,969 £48,601,869 £46,123,861
Betting (Real event) £180,086,956 £168,773,273 £130,572,941 £189,787,742 £205,563,786 £142,898,832
Betting (Virtual) £3,807,822 £4,234,233 £3,782,600 £3,593,598 £3,490,415 £3,362,535
Betting (eSports) £267,606 £667,953 £924,230 £891,369 £1,172,398 £1,210,192
Poker £5,972,529 £6,631,891 £5,764,565 £5,493,825 £5,981,869 £4,896,455
Other £1,290,929 £905,096 £895,175 £548,524 £687,168 £653,560

Licensed betting operator data

Table 5: Number of bets and/or spins

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 85 percent of the retail betting market showing the number of bets and/or slips across available products.

Number of bets and/or spins
Available products Quarter 1 2022 to 2023 Quarter 1 2023 to 2024
April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023
Over the counter 56,738,558 50,158,522 48,883,735 54,821,206 49,708,124 45,605,802
Self-service betting terminals (SSBT) 11,079,918 9,686,306 6,672,576 13,971,782 12,534,885 8,279,345
Machines 1,068,631,540 1,078,969,893 1,011,848,194 1,063,858,082 1,073,067,635 954,161,737

Table 6: Gross Gambling Yield (GGY)

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 85 percent of the retail betting market showing Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) across available products.

Gross Gambling Yield (GGY)
Available products Quarter 1 2022 to 2023 Quarter 1 2023 to 2024
April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023
Over the counter £73,258,006 £58,276,188 £62,394,835 £68,851,675 £55,888,808 £56,303,209
Self-service betting terminals (SSBT) £38,428,100 £33,472,978 £24,607,653 £43,849,275 £44,676,690 £26,979,320
Machines £98,295,413 £100,624,623 £94,686,300 £99,717,238 £101,072,222 £90,558,475

Table 7: Machine sessions

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

Machine sessions
Sessions Quarter 1 2022 to 2023 Quarter 1 2023 to 2024
April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023
Total number of sessions 8,328,182 8,329,667 7,843,941 8,233,287 8,304,580 7,544,804
Sessions over 1 hour 228,744 230,683 214,403 212,471 210,343 181,266

Notes

1This data should not be compared to Industry Statistics as the market impact data may contain free bets and bonuses.

2Changes in data could be due to a variety of factors.

3This should not be directly compared to GGY published in our Industry Statistics because this data is taken from a sample of approximately 80 percent of the online market.

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