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Gambling spends in the UK

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6 years ago

June 21, 2019

George Miller

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OnlineCasinos.co.uk, the UK-based site, has released a study which details the UK average household expenditure and comparing this with average spends within in-house Casinos. ‘Drop and Win Data’ has been collected from The Gambling Commission and analysed against household expenditures and other lifestyle and cultural spends such as holidays, drinks and charitable costs.

Household Expenditure

OnlineCasinos.co.uk uncovered that £6,282,066,387 was spent in in-house Casinos between November 2017 and October 2018, with the weekly average spend in in-house Casinos being £6.28 per household. This data shows that on average the British public is spending more on in-house Casinos than they are on their pets and medicines.

Product	Amount Spent per Week
Casinos	£6.28
Medicines, prescriptions and healthcare products	2.10
Cigarettes	2.60
Telephone account	4.10
Rail and tube fares	4.30
Footwear	4.80
Non-alcoholic drinks	4.90
House Maintenance	5.00
Pets and pet food	5.60
Education Fees	8.20
Alcoholic drinks bought	8.70

Paul Sunnucks of OnlineCasinos.co.uk says:

“As surprising as it may seem, gambling is a huge part of British family life — together, more than £6 billion in casinos in a single year. As a weekly average, we spend £6.28 on casinos per household. That’s more than we do on medicines (£2.10), phone bills (£4.10), the commute (£4.30), and even our own pets (£5.60)”.

Casino Winnings

While so many members of the public are spending money on a weekly basis in the Casino, the Casino industry is taking significant earnings.

Region	Winnings Kept
High-end London	£151,939,466
Other London	£334,269,915
Midlands and Wales	£100,974,557
North	£111,914,429
Scotland	£31,718,061
South	£79,730,418

Total winnings:	£810,546,846

The total winnings equate to over nine times the salary of the highest paid footballer, who is paid £81,900,000 per year.

Regional Spends and Alternate Options

The British public put a staggering amount of money into the in-house Casino industry which could be spent on other things, maybe even a trip to the famous Las Vegas.

Research has found the number of pints, the number of flights to Las Vegas, Nevada and the number of homeless beds that could be paid for for the night, instead of the money being spent in in-house Casinos.

Region	Total spend	Amount of nights in homeless shelters	Amount of pints per region	Amount of return adult flights to Las Vegas
High-end London	£1,851,877,574	370375514.8	617292524.7	3940165.051
Other London	£2,348,060,145	469612029	782686715	4995872.649
Midlands and Wales	£670,835,642	134167128.4	670835642	1427309.877
North	£724,990,229	144998045.8	241663409.7	1542532.402
Scotland	£195,232,681	39046536.2	65077560.33	415388.683
South	491,070,116	98214023.2	163690038.7	1044830.034

Attendance Figures

OnlineCasinos.co.uk found that by the end of 2018 physical casino attendance dropped 10.42% from November 2017.

	Apr 2015 – Mar 2016	Apr 2016 – Mar 2017	Apr 2017 – Mar 2018
Scotland	1.61 million	1.5 million	1.45 million
The North	5.18 million	4.94 million	5 million
The South	3.75 million	3.83 million	3.72 million
Wales and The Midlands	3.75 million	3.83 million	3.72 million
London	6.4 million	6.02 million	5.89 million

Paul Sunnucks of OnlineCasinos.co.uk says that although there is a drop in attendance to physical casinos, there is going to be a rise in those playing online:

“The number of players using real-world casinos has dropped steadily since 2015, falling as sharply as 10.2% since last November. Although attendance is falling, more and more British gamblers are enjoying the online casino experience from the comfort of their own homes.”

About OnlineCasinos.co.uk:

OnlineCasinos.co.uk provides trusted, independent reviews of all the major online casinos available in the UK. We have a passion for gambling and know what a great online casino should be. OnlineCasinos.co.uk only reviews gambling sites that operate under the strict regulation of the following regulatory bodies in the UK.

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George Miller

George Miller started his career in content marketing and has started working as an Editor/Content Manager for our company in 2016. George has acquired many experiences when it comes to interviews and newsworthy content becoming Head of Content in 2017. He is responsible for the news being shared on multiple websites that are part of the European Gaming Media Network.