Casinoplusbonus dives head first into the latest UK Gambling Commission’s FY Q3 2024 Vs 2025 online and gambling + land-based gambling stats. (Image by picturehussle on Vecteezy)
The UKGC has released another report comparing quarterly financial year figures. In the latest statistics release, Britain’s main licensing authority states that it collected data from the largest online operators in the country.
It compares the financial year 2024’s October to December results with the 2025 financial year’s October to December results.
Just to be clear, we are currently in the financial year 2025, which runs from April 2024 to March 2025. I know we are not all financial gurus and some of you may be wondering how the financial year October to December 2025 data has been collected when October 2025 has not yet passed.
To add more sustenance, the UK’s financial year 2026 will run from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.
In the latest report provided by the UKGC, online slots are still thriving, with high GGY growth of 15%. On top of this, the online gambling market, on the whole, has increased 21% in GGY since 2025’s Q3 FY stats.
Read on for the full stats discussed, tables of statistics, and our opinion on what the future holds for GGYs in the UK gambling industry.
We also look at land-based betting, which the UKGC report refers to as Offline Betting. Gaming machines, essentially. The GGY for this sector has also increased by 5%. Meanwhile, real event betting and land-based or high-street gambling establishments have recorded a stunning 38% year-on-year increase.
Online Gambling Stats
Again, comparing the 3-month October to December FY 2024 with FY 2025 Q3, online gambling is also rising in the United Kingdom. The UKGC figures show a rise of 21% up to £1.54 billion for the quarter. Comparing this to the FY 2024 to FY 2025 Q2 results, the latest stats show a much improved quarter. The previous report showed only an 11% rise, with the figure at £1.32 billion.
| Overall GGY For Online Gaming In The UK (Q3 FY 2025) | |
|---|---|
| Online Total GGY | £1.54 billion (+21%) |
| Total Real Event Bets and/or Spins | 25.9 billion (+8%) |
| Average Monthly Active Accounts | Increased (+3%) |
Online Slots GGY Rises Q3-on-Q4 FY 2024 to 2025
The Gross Gambling Yield for online slots in the UK iGaming market has risen by 15% during the 3-month October to December FY 2024 when compared to FY 2023. The total GGY in GBP is £709 million. That’s an additional 29 million compared to the previous Q2 2024 Vs Q2 2025 results.
In our previous revenues report in November 2024, UKGC Reported FY 2025 Q2 Record Revenues, the GGY for online slot had risen 16% to £680 million. The latest figure of 15% remains consistent.
| Online Slots Stats In The UK (Q3 FY 2025) | |
|---|---|
| Slots GGY | £709 million (+15%) |
| Number of Spins | 23.9 billion (+9%) |
| Average Monthly Active Accounts | 4.4 million (+10%) |
| Average Spins per Session | 151 (-6 from 145) |
| GGY per Slot Session | £4.10 (-£0.03 from £4.13) |
Real Event Betting
Another area in the UK gambling industry that has seen a rise in quarterly results. To be precise, a 38 per cent year-on-year rise for high street bookies, which comes in at £647 million.
Numbers like this have not been recorded since 2021 Q2. Also, compared to FY 2024 to FY 2025 Q2 results, this is a marked improvement on the 6% increase worth £453 million.
| Online Real Event Betting (Q3 FY 2025) | |
|---|---|
| Real Event Betting GGY | £647 million (+38%) |
| Number of Bets | Decreased (-7%) |
| Average Monthly Active Accounts | Decreased (-3%) |
Land-Based Gaming Machine Stats
In the overall land-based and offline betting sector, the total GGY for land-based gaming machines has increased. These machines include mostly online slots but also games like Boost Roulette and Roulette Gambler, as well as video poker games like Reflex Gaming’s Poker Mania, plus a series of other table video slot games.
As for spins playing land-based video slot games on these gaming machines, there were 4% less in FY 2025 Q3 versus 2024 Q3. The number of spins has fallen to 3.1 billion, while previously, we reported the same 3.1 billion spins when the UKGC compared FY 2025 Q2 versus 2024 Q2, which saw a 0.1% drop. However, we can see consistency across both FY 2025 Q2 and Q3 with the same 3.1 billion number of spins recorded.
| Land-Based/Offline Betting (Q3 FY 2025) | |
|---|---|
| LBO GGY | £592 million (+5%) |
| LBO Bets/Spins | 3.1 billion (-4%) |
| Machines GGY | £280 million (-5%) |
| Average Spend per Machines Session | £12.28 (-1%) |
| Average Spins per Machines Session | 130 (unchanged) |
| Percentage of Machine Sessions >1 Hour | 2.73% (+0.25% from 2.48%) |
What Is Casinoplusbonus’s Opinion?
Despite the UK Gambling White Paper rolling out new rules to amend the Gambling Act 2005, British online gambling is still showing tremendous signs of growth. In a country that currently has a poor economy with low GDP growth and is on the verge of a year-on-year shrinking economy, gambling looks to be one of the British Isle’s most reliable growth industries.
Yet, there may be some doom and gloom ahead for the industry, which we have been discussing in the Casinoplusbonus forum – Online Gaming Regulations discussion. In particular, we are looking at affordability checks and maximum bet limits for online slots.
1. Will the affordability check reduce Great Britain’s thriving online gambling GGY?
Let’s not forget affordability checks are coming into full force in February 2025. Players who accumulate deposits of over £500 in 30 days will trigger an internal non-invasive affordability check. However, with these affordability checks in place, will they reduce the number of people able to gamble? There are a lot of rules coming into action in the United Kingdom over the next few months. It will be interesting to see how FY 2025 Q3 compared to FY 2026 compare once new regulations are fully in place.
2. Could the reduction in maximum bets reduce future UK online slot GGY growth?
It is also important to make a note of another Casinoplusbonus forum discussion we are having, which is about the new online slot limits coming to the UK. For the time being, we don’t have the exact date this will happen. Below, the bullet points show the new max bet limits that will come into place. For the time being, they are awaiting parliamentary approval.
- £2 maximum bet where the individual is less than 25 years old.
- £5 maximum bet where the individual is 25 years old or over.
Despite the fact the UK has already banned bonus buy slots and auto-spins and put in rule in place to ensure online slot spins last 2.5 seconds, it is clear that the popularity of online video slot gaming is still on the rise.
Source: The source of information to gather these stats comes directly from the UKGC’s Market overview – operator data to December 2024 (published February 2025).
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