Gross gambling yield in the UK for remote betting, bingo and casino in the year to December 2014 was just under £3bn, out of a global market estimated at £23.8bn.
Among a mass of statistics provided by the UK Gambling Commission, figures show that the remote casino sector turnover had decreased in the year by £4.3m in turnover and GGY by £3.4m or 12 per cent.
The report also showed that there are 35,038 fixed-odds betting terminals in bookmakers’ shops in the country, a slight increase over the 34,687 of the previous year and gross gambling yield was up from £1.57m to £1.61m. Machines in betting shops showed a yield of £1.6bn, which was a three per cent increase or £45m. The industry also absorbed an extra 344 machines in the period.
For the year ended September 2014, the British gambling industry was worth £7.1bn (gross gambling yield), which was a rise of £327m or five per cent for the year April 2013 to March 2014.
The biggest seller was the National Lottery with sales of £6.9bn, a rise of £150m or two per cent. Greatest growth was shown by the remote betting, bingo and casino sector, up £213m or 19 per cent. The non-remote casino sector was up £43m or four per cent.
The industry employed 95,227 people, a fall of 2,426 but the remote gambling industry showed an eight per cent increase in employment.
