{"id":18755,"date":"2026-09-21T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=europe&#038;p=18755"},"modified":"2026-09-21T06:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:51:28","slug":"britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion","status":"publish","type":"europe","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s gambling market reaches \u00a317.46 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain\u2019s regulated gambling market reached <strong>\u00a317.46 billion in Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) during the April 2025-March 2026 financial year<\/strong>, representing <strong>4.4% year-on-year growth<\/strong>, driven primarily by online casino activity, according to statistics published on <strong>September 17, 2026<\/strong> by the <strong>UK Gambling Commission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/mve-ads\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16352\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Remote Casino, Betting and Bingo<\/strong> segment generated <strong>\u00a38.3 billion, up 6.9%<\/strong>, with online casino contributing <strong>\u00a35.7 billion<\/strong>. Of that amount, <strong>\u00a34.8 billion came from slots<\/strong>, making them the main growth driver across the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion2-1024x192.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18757\" style=\"aspect-ratio:5.3545454545454545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion2-1024x192.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion2-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion2-768x144.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion2.png 1334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18758\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.231060606060606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion3.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion3-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion3-768x343.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online betting produced <strong>\u00a32.4 billion<\/strong>, including approximately <strong>\u00a31.2 billion from football<\/strong> and <strong>\u00a3769.3 million from horse racing<\/strong>, while remote bingo generated <strong>\u00a3147.8 million<\/strong>. The land-based market increased only <strong>1.1% to around \u00a34.9 billion<\/strong>. Betting shops recorded <strong>\u00a32.4 billion, down 3.3%<\/strong>, while their number fell <strong>3.6% to 5,617 premises<\/strong>, marking the twelfth consecutive decline. Land-based casinos generated <strong>\u00a3933.9 million, up 0.4%<\/strong>, divided between <strong>\u00a3695 million from casino games<\/strong> and <strong>\u00a3238.9 million from machines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion4-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18759\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.3373015873015874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion4-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion4-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion4-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion4-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/britains-gambling-market-reaches-17-46-billion4.png 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Land-based bingo reached <strong>\u00a3703.8 million, up 8.2%<\/strong>, while arcades grew <strong>10.7% to \u00a3800.1 million<\/strong>. Gaming machines generated <strong>\u00a32.7 billion, up 4.3%<\/strong>, with <strong>191,804 machines<\/strong> recorded at the end of the period. Lotteries contributed around <strong>\u00a34.3 billion in GGY<\/strong>. <strong>The National Lottery<\/strong> recorded <strong>\u00a37.9 billion in ticket sales<\/strong>, paid <strong>\u00a34.5 billion in prizes<\/strong> and contributed around <strong>\u00a31.7 billion to Good Causes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gambling Commission recorded <strong>2,154 operators<\/strong>, 3,097 licensed activities and <strong>8,081 premises<\/strong>. As of September 2026, <strong>Sarah Gardner<\/strong> is Acting Chief Executive, <strong>Charles Counsell OBE<\/strong> serves as Interim Chair until September 30, and <strong>Ruth Evans<\/strong> will officially take over as Chair from that date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s regulated gambling market reached \u00a317.46 billion in Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) during the April 2025-March 2026 financial year, representing 4.4% year-on-year growth, driven primarily by online casino activity, according to statistics published on September 17, 2026 by the UK Gambling Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18756,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[57,5037,3184,15,102,585,254,105,3149],"class_list":["post-18755","europe","type-europe","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria","tag-casinos","tag-casinos-online","tag-europe","tag-gambling","tag-online-betting","tag-online-gambling","tag-slot-machines","tag-sports-betting","tag-uk","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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