There were 138 casinos operating in Great Britain in 2004-05 and players exchanged £4.16 billion for gaming chips.
The money staked in bingo amounted to £1.78 billion, and £156 million was paid in duty to the Exchequer by the gaming machine industry.
There are approximately 3,600 bookmakers' permits and 8,800 betting office licences presently in force in Great Britain.
The Grand National, traditionally horse racing's biggest event, attracts over 10 million UK viewers and another 600 million worldwide
6 million people attended racecourses in 2004 – a new record
The UK gambling industry employed 96,000 people in 2003-4 (FTE)
The following stakes were placed in 2005 in the UK:
- Betting £47.7 billion
- Pool Betting £0.1 billion
- Bingo £1.8 billion
- National Lottery £4.9 billion
In 2005 Total Duties collected on gambling in the UK were £1.4 billion, including:
- Betting £0.4 billion
- Pool Betting £0.01 billion
- Gaming Duty £0.1 billion
- Machine Licences £0.15 billion
- Bingo £0.08 billion
- National Lottery £0.58 billion
64% of English adults had taken part in at least one form of gambling in the previous 12 months (surveyed September 2005 to March 2006)
Results from the British Gambling Prevalence Study published in 2000 estimated that 0.6% of adults in the UK are problem gamblers |
