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Statistics and research release

Gambling business data on gambling to June 2024 (published July 2024)

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

Summary

The full dataset from the earlier months is available in the Operator data - Quarter 1 2024 to 2025 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 2023 to 2024 Quarter 1 2024 to 2025
April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024
Slots 4,187,879 3,991,307 3,853,140 4,522,403 4,342,378 4,448,814
Other gaming (including casino) 2,596,868 2,519,879 2,414,196 2,751,878 2,577,570 2,641,851
Betting (real event) 7,291,412 5,245,117 4,928,477 7,465,454 5,735,178 6,178,343
Betting (virtual) 192,641 177,335 175,531 181,825 159,325 150,988
Poker 222,379 221,616 216,589 223,177 222,019 210,417

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 2023 to 2024 Quarter 1 2024 to 2025
April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024
Slots 6,731,279,393 6,737,292,018 6,534,717,237 7,379,612,568 7,529,249,570 7,491,113,596
Other gaming (including casino) 325,952,563 308,856,400 292,752,613 336,955,829 346,097,458 334,317,141
Betting (real event) 389,589,440 330,133,477 272,518,586 340,385,609 291,284,211 290,027,598
Betting (virtual) 9,557,469 8,975,494 8,782,746 9,418,615 8,901,832 8,604,761
Poker 71,631,321 72,192,567 67,625,145 59,590,842 57,896,157 53,389,108

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 2023 to 2024 Quarter 1 2024 to 2025
April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024
Average session length (minutes) 18 18 17 17 17 17
Sessions over 1 hour 3,126,285 2,910,651 2,888,587 3,100,075 3,222,004 3,305,184
Total number of sessions 47,926,077 44,214,141 45,028,954 50,612,383 52,883,384 56,185,688

Table 4: Gross Gambling Yield (GGY)3

Data from the biggest operators, covering approximately 80 percent of the online gambling market showing the GGY from each vertical.

Gross Gambling Yield
GGY by vertical Quarter 1 2023 to 2024 Quarter 1 2024 to 2025
April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024
Slots £195,286,683 £197,421,223 £190,585,849 £210,831,576 £217,859,784 £213,405,395
Other gaming (including casino) £51,443,969 £48,601,869 £46,123,861 £54,061,262 £52,297,090 £53,215,033
Betting (real event) £189,787,742 £205,563,786 £142,898,832 £210,918,156 £185,350,154 £228,892,382
Betting (virtual) £3,593,598 £3,490,415 £3,362,535 £3,489,730 £3,438,992 £3,321,307
Betting (eSports) £891,369 £1,172,398 £1,210,192 £1,297,940 £1,529,493 £1,493,748
Poker £5,493,825 £5,981,869 £4,896,455 £4,717,612 £5,106,194 £4,262,122
Other £548,524 £687,168 £653,560 £812,076 £571,740 £617,956

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 2023 to 2024 Quarter 1 2024 to 2025
April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024
Over the counter 54,821,206 49,708,124 45,605,802 50,402,490 46,897,127 46,243,801
Self-service betting terminals (SSBT) 13,971,782 12,534,885 8,279,345 13,772,280 11,828,115 11,081,508
Machines 1,063,858,082 1,073,067,635 954,161,737 1,036,760,793 1,032,103,938 997,205,077

Table 6: Gross Gambling Yield (GGY)

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

Gross Gambling Yield (GGY)
Available products Quarter 1 2023 to 2024 Quarter 1 2024 to 2025
April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024
Over the counter £68,851,675 £55,888,808 £56,303,209 £61,278,315 £57,618,724 £49,466,331
Self-service betting terminals (SSBT) £43,849,275 £44,676,690 £26,979,320 £43,455,455 £38,044,082 £42,416,272
Machines £99,928,924 £101,304,346 £90,725,986 £98,298,745 £97,947,081 £93,896,169

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 2023 to 2024 Quarter 1 2024 to 2025
April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024
Total number of sessions 8,233,287 8,304,580 7,544,804 7,973,343 7,967,237 7,724,720
Sessions over 1 hour 212,471 210,343 181,266 195,889 191,572 184,624

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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