The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published operator data for Q4 (the three-month period ended March 31). According to the regulator, the total gross gambling yield has continued to increase and so has the total number of bets.
The UKGC clarified that the data in its report was sourced from both online and land-based operators.
UKGC Publishes Q4 Operator Data
According to the UKGC, Britain’s licensed online gaming operators reported a total GGY of £1.45 billion ($1.94 billion) for Q4. Compared to Q4 of the previous year, this figure marks an increase of 7%.
The UKGC elaborated that the higher GGY reflects an overall increase in the number of total bets and/or spins. According to the regulator, online wagers and spins in Q4 were up 5% to 25.2 billion ($33.7 million).
In the meantime, the number of the average monthly active accounts in Q4 increased by 2% to 13.5 million. The regulator, however, warned that this doesn’t clearly reflect the number of active players since some have multiple accounts with different platforms.
In the meantime, in-person betting GGY increased by 5% year-on-year to £596 million ($769.3 million) despite a sli