Quarterly Market Performance
The gambling industry in Great Britain generated £4.5bn in gross gambling yield during the three months from October to December 2025, according to newly published official statistics from the Gambling Commission.
The regulator’s latest quarterly industry report, published on 4 June 2026, covers the third quarter of the 2025 to 2026 financial year. It includes data from licensed operators across customer-facing sectors of the British gambling market, including remote gambling, land-based betting, bingo, casinos, arcades and lotteries.
Remote Gambling Remains The Largest Sector
The Commission reported that total gross gambling yield, including all reported lotteries, stood at £4.5bn for the quarter. Excluding lotteries, the figure was £3.3bn.
Remote casino, betting and bingo remained the largest single area of the market, producing £2.1bn in gross gambling yield between October and December. Within that total, remote casino accounted for £1.5bn, equivalent to 70% of remote casino, betting and bingo yield.
The figures underline the continued importance of online casino products to the licensed British gambling sector. While the report does not assess consumer harm or operator profitability, it provides a useful snapshot of where gambling revenue is concentrated across regulated activity.
Land-Based Gambling Contributes £1.2bn
Land-based gambling sectors, covering arcades, betting, bingo and casinos, generated £1.2bn in gross gambling yield during the same quarter. Non-remote betting produced £613m, representing 48.2% of total non-remote gross gambling yield.
The Gambling Commission also recorded 8,148 licensed gambling premises in Great Britain during the period, including 5,669 betting shops. The number of machines in Commission-licensed premises stood at 191,325.
These figures give a more detailed picture of the split between digital and retail gambling. Online gambling continues to account for a substantial share of industry yield, but the land-based sector remains a sizeable part of the regulated market, particularly through betting shops and machine-based activity.
Lottery Contributions
The report also included lottery-related figures. Contributions to good causes from The National Lottery totalled £415m for October to December 2025, while large society lotteries contributed £126m.
The Commission said the quarterly publication forms part of an ongoing series made possible after changes to regulatory return requirements. Since July 2024, licensed operators have been required to submit regulatory returns at the same time each quarter, allowing the regulator to publish more regular market data.
The Commission noted that the annual industry statistics report remains the more comprehensive publication, while the quarterly series is intended to provide core industry data and show seasonal trends. The next quarterly industry statistics release is expected in September 2026 and will cover January to March 2026.
iGamingBusiness also reported the release, noting that the £4.5bn figure represented a 2.27% rise from the comparable quarter in 2024, when the Commission reported £4.4bn in gross gambling yield.
