Gambling Commission Q3 data sees GGY increase across slots, real-event and esports betting
Regulator notes overall online GGY increase of 4% to £1.3bn, with total bets and spins reaching a new peak of 24 billion during quarter
The Gambling Commission (GC) has released its Q3 2023 operator data, showing that gross gambling yield (GGY) totalled £1.3bn, representing a 4% year-on-year (YoY) increase.
The data is for the third quarter of the financial year 2023-2024 and is comprised from approximately 80% of the online gambling market, showing that only a couple of verticals saw growth on a YoY basis.
Slots GGY increased by 6% YoY to £618m, with the number of spins up by 11% and the average monthly active accounts rising by 8% to four million per month.
Online slots sessions lasting longer than one hour increased 3% YoY to 9.8 million. The average session, though, did decrease from 19 minutes in Q3 2022-23 to 17 minutes in Q3 2023-24, with around 7% of sessions lasting longer than an hour.
Real-event betting also saw an increase in GGY of 5% YoY to £468m; however, total bets and actives for the vertical fell by 3%.
In addition, esports betting posted GGY growth in Q3 2023-24, going from £2.4m last year to £4.1m this year, representing a massive 72% increase YoY.
Elsewhere, there were decreases in GGY for online casino games (excluding slots), which saw GGY fall 7% to £148.5m.
Virtuals saw GGY slip 7.4% to £11.1m, while poker also showed a GGY drop-off by 13% during Q3 to £15.4m.
Other online gaming, including online casino, also saw a GGY decrease from £159.7m in 2022-23 to £148.5m in 2023-24.