UKGC: Operators Recorded Higher GGY in Q4 2024/25

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 slight reduction in the number of total bets and active accounts. The total wagers and active accounts were down 1% and 2%, respectively.

Slots GGY, meanwhile, was up 11% year-on-year to £689 million ($920.5 million) thanks to a 6% increase in the total number of spins (23.4 billion). The UKGC noted that the average monthly active accounts in Q4 increased by 6% to a monthly average of 4.5 million. The regulator pointed out that this figure marked a new record.

The number of online slot sessions lasting longer than an hour increased by 5% year-on-year to 10.1 million. Despite that, the number of sessions lasting more than an hour comprised only 6% of all sessions, with the average session remaining mostly the same at 17 minutes.

Finally, the UKGC noted that LBO GGY was down 3% to £554 million ($740.1 million) in Q4 2024-2025. The number of total bets and spins likewise decreased, falling by 5% to 3.1 billion.

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In other news, the UKGC is currently considering whether to take action against Allwyn UK, which failed to achieve one of its promised targets as the custodian of The National Lottery. For context, Allwyn had promised to update the tech aspect of the lottery, which has become aged. However, this process has proven to be lengthier than Allwyn hoped, which is only made worse by its reliance on third-party providers.

In the meantime, the UKGC recently announced that the DRA has sacked Andrew “Andy” Jenkins, an English professional darts player who was involved with the fixing of a dozen games.