UK gambling generated USD 11.1B GGY from Oct 2013 to Sept 2014
The regulator said that the total represented a 5% rise of £327m on the period between April 2013 and March 2014 and added that the non-remote betting sector represented 47% of the yield.
Sales in the UK’s National Lottery increased by £150m to a total of £6.9bn, while the greatest growth came from the remote betting, bingo and casino sector, which was up by more than 19% to £213m.
The non-remote casino sector was up £43m – a 4% rise – while the large society lotteries sector increased by 10%, by £29m. The non-remote betting sector also experienced a growth of £57m, representing a 2% increase.
The figures also showed that yield for B2 machines in betting shops was over £1.6bn, an increase of just under £45m (3%) on the figure for the previous reporting period, set against an increase in the number of B2 machines of 344 (1%).
However, the number of people employed in the industry fell.
A total of 95,227 people were employed across the industry, a drop of 2,426 (2%) from the previous reporting period. The remote sector did report an increase though of 450 (8%) employees.
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