UK Gambling Commission Says Great Britain Gaming GGY Reached GBP 17.5 Billion in FY 2025-2026

The UK Gambling Commission has published its Industry Statistics report for FY 2025-2026, and the headline number is a 4.4% increase in gross gaming yield (GGY) to GBP 17.5 billion ($23.4 billion) in Great Britain. For PSPs and acquiring teams, the useful bit is not the headline alone, but the split: remote casino, betting, and bingo kept growing, while retail betting shops continued to shrink.

1. According to the UKGC, the customer-facing gambling industry in Great Britain generated GBP 17.5 billion ($23.4 billion) in GGY for the fiscal year, up 4.4% year-on-year. Excluding all reported lotteries, GGY reached GBP 13.2 billion ($17.6 billion), which was a 4.7% increase year-on-year.
2. The remote casino, betting, and bingo (RCBB) sector posted GBP 8.3 billion ($11 billion) in GGY, up 6.9% year-on-year. Land-based GGY increased 1.1% to GBP 4.9 billion ($6.5 billion), so the direction of travel is pretty clear: digital keeps doing more of the work.
3. At the end of the reporting period, Great Britain had 8,081 licensed gambling premises, up 2%. The total number of betting shops was 5,617, down 3.6% year-on-year. For payment providers, that matters because the footprint of retail and remote acceptance is moving in opposite directions.
4. For the final quarter, January 2026 to March 2026, total GGY came to GBP 4.4 billion ($5.9 billion). Excluding all reported lotteries, GGY was GBP 3.4 billion ($4.5 billion). RCBB GGY in Q4 was GBP 2.2 billion ($2.9 billion), with remote casino at GBP 1.5 billion ($2 billion), land-based at GBP 1.2 billion ($1.6 billion), and total retail betting at GBP 595 million ($795 million).
5. The National Lottery contributed GBP 391 million ($522.1 million) to good causes in Q4, while other large society lotteries added GBP 124 million ($165.6 million). Ben Haden, the UKGC’s director of research and policy, said the market shifts in the latest reports are “complex and due to a variety of factors,” and added that the regulator welcomes the ability to publish industry data alongside the Gambling Survey for Great Britain.

The report lands at a difficult moment for the UK industry, with multiple operators scaling down after recent tax hikes and policy changes. Entain was the latest operator to announce layoffs under that pressure, which tells you the commercial mood in the market is not exactly cheerful.