The UK Gambling Commission released the latest FY 24/25 Q1 results for the UK gambling market. We dissect the data into an easy-to-follow table! (Images courtesy of Claudiodiv on Vecteezy)
It’s that time of the year when FY 2024-2025 Q1 financial reports come out of the floodgates, and this time around, I am reporting on the latest UK gambling market results.
The data shows that gambling is up when counting both land-based and online sectors, including all gambling verticals under each.
Overall Revenue Increase
There has been a 12% year-on-year rise in GGY, and the average monthly active account backs this figure up with a 9% year-on-year rise. That is, assuming that the more active accounts are, the more players contribute to GGY.
Number of Online Slot Spins, Sessions & GGY Increase
Online slots have been a major factor contributing to this rise, with a 12% increase in spins, which so far in the first 6 months of 2024, there were a staggering 22.4 billion. In addition, there is an 8% rise in average session lengths.
It seems slots online are an unstoppable force despite no auto spins, no quick spins, no bonus buys, and each spin lasting at least 2.5 seconds or more. With the rise in spins has come an increase in online slot GGY, which is up 12% year-on-year.
However, as mentioned in our list of new UK gambling rules as of next month, players over 25 will have a £ 5.00 max bet limit applied, while anyone between 18 and 24 will be limited to £ 2.00 per spin max bets. Now, I’d like to see stats on how many online slot players bet more than £ 2.00 per spin, which would give us some indicators as to how the new rules will affect (a) online casino revenues and (b) the number of spins.
Sports Betting
As per the table below, Online Real Event Betting GGY outperformed all gambling sectors.
Just before I wrote this UKGC report, I wrote a financial analysis covering Evoke Plc H1 2024 Interim Results, and there is a stat in the latest UK report that ties in with the company’s revenue losses due to an 8% decrease in the UK Retail market. In the latest UK Gambling Market Q1 FY 2023 Vs. Q1 FY 2023, the table shows that ‘Over the Counter Bets’ are down 144 million year-on-year.
Summary of Gambling Business Data, Operate Data & Gambling Business Data
The UKGC’s 5-page results consist of the main overview page, plus data going back to FY 2023,2024 ending March 2024 as per the sources in the bullet point list below. The tables below cover the Gambling business data from June 2024 (published July 2024).
- Main source: UKGC Market overview – operator data to June 2024 report
- Gambling business data on gambling to June 2024 (published July 2024)
- Market overview – operator data to March 2024 (published April 2024)
- Gambling business data on gambling to March 2024 (published April 2024)
- Additional data sets in this series
Online Slot UK Gambling Market Data Results
| Category | Q1 2024-2025 | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Total Bets/Spins (billion) | 24.5 | Up 11% YoY, highest recorded since data collection began |
| Online Slots GGY (£ million) | 642 | Up 10% YoY, with a 12% increase in spins to 22.4 billion |
| Slots Sessions > 1 Hour (million) | 9.7 | Up 8% YoY; average session length consistent at 17 minutes |
Other UK Gambling Market Data Results
| Category | Q1 2024-2025 | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Total Online GGY (£ million) | 1,460 | Up 12% YoY, driven by real event betting |
| Average Monthly Active Accounts | Not provided | Up 9% YoY |
| Online Real Event Betting GGY (£ million) | 625 | Up 16% YoY, driven by major sporting events |
| Offline Betting GGY (£ million) | 582 | Down 1% YoY; total bets and spins also down 1% YoY |
| Over the Counter Bets (million) | 144 | Down 4% YoY; GGY decreased 7% to £168 million |
| SSBT GGY (£ million) | 124 | Up 7% YoY; number of bets placed increased by 5% YoY to 37 million |
| Machines GGY (£ million) | 290 | Down 1% YoY; average spend per session increased 1% YoY to £12.26 |
New Online Slot Rules: Keep an eye out for more Casinoplusbonus EN news. As soon as the new online slot limits come into force in late September 2024, we’ll have news coverage, and as Jack Bannon will be in the UK, he’ll run some tests on his UK casino platform.
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