Great Britain Gambling Gross Yield Hits £17.5 Billion With Remote Casino Leading Gains

Great Britain’s licensed gambling industry generated £17.5 billion in gross gambling yield for the year from April 2025 through March 2026. The total reflects a 4.4% increase from the prior period. Excluding lotteries the figure reached £13.2 billion, up 4.7%.

Remote casino, betting and bingo produced £8.3 billion, a 6.9% rise, while land-based gambling delivered £4.9 billion, up 1.1%. Online casino activity drove much of the remote advance.

Remote Casino Growth Offsets Betting Declines

Casino GGY from remote operators rose 14.8% to £5.7 billion. Online slots generated approximately £4.8 billion after an increase of around 15%. This casino contribution added £735.8 million year on year, surpassing the roughly £728.1 million net market rise.

Remote betting GGY fell 6.6% to £2.45 billion even as underlying turnover grew 4.5%. Remote bingo declined 13.8% to approximately £148 million. New remote registrations dropped 3% to 32.4 million, active accounts stood at 25.7 million at quarter-end, and funds held fell 13.9%.

Football generated £1.17 billion in remote betting GGY and horseracing followed with £769 million. Ben Haden, Director of Research and Policy, said: “The market shifts that we see in industry data trends, and this year is no different, are complex and will be down to a mix of factors that need more than one source to unpick. I welcome our capacity to publish industry data alongside the Gambling Survey for Great Britain to encourage and assist in the consideration of key questions from these different perspectives.”

Land-Based Performance and Ongoing Contraction

Retail betting GGY decreased 3.3% to £2.42 billion. Licensed betting shops totalled 5,617 at period-end, down 3.6%, marking the 12th consecutive decline. Overall licensed premises reached 8,081, a 2% reduction. Licensed operators numbered 2,154, down 1.1%, while activities covered by licences rose 0.4% to 3,097.

Arcades produced £800.1 million, up 10.7%, and adult gaming centres contributed £761.4 million after an 11.3% gain. Land-based bingo rose 8.2% to £703.8 million and casino GGY edged up 0.4% to £934 million. Gaming machines across sectors generated approximately £2.7 billion, up 4.3%.

The accompanying survey recorded 49% adult participation in gambling over the prior four weeks, falling to 28% when lottery-only respondents are removed.

Reporting: World Casino News

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