The UK Gambling Commission reported that online gambling in Great Britain generated £1.45bn in gross gambling yield in the first quarter of 2025, up 7% year on year. Licensed operators recorded 25.2bn bets, while online slots generated £689m in GGR. Land-based gambling venues reported £554m in GGR, a 3% decline.
The figures give operators and investors a regulator-reported comparison of online and land-based market performance.
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Illegal betting sites accounted for around 16% of visits to sampled UK horseracing betting websites between January and July 2026, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities found. Its study recorded about 11 million visits to illegal sites and 56.9 million to legal platforms; British Horseracing Authority chief executive Brant Dunshea said the findings supported its concerns about the effects of policy changes.
The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities reported that visits to illegal betting platforms rose from 1.8 million in 2022 to more than 25 million in 2025, while visits to licensed sites fell 34%. British Horseracing Authority chief executive Brant Dunshea said the research showed growing use of illegal operators and that the authority would share the findings with the government. For 32 illegal sites offering British horseracing bets, traffic intensity reached 6.8 visits per 100 legal-site visits in 2026, compared with 0.97 in late 2021.
Visits to illegal betting platforms rose from 1.8 million in 2022 to more than 25 million in 2025, while visits to licensed sites fell 34% over the same period, research by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) found.
An IFHA study found that unlicensed betting sites recorded 19.4 visits for every 100 visits to licensed sites in Britain during the first seven months of 2026, compared with about one per 100 in late 2021. Monthly visits to unlicensed sites in the sample rose from 1.8 million in 2022 to more than 25 million in 2025, while licensed-site traffic fell 34%.
Research by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities’ Council on Anti-Illegal Betting and Related Crime found monthly visits to unlicensed betting sites used in Britain rose from 1.8m in 2022 to over 25m in 2025. The study measured 19.4 visits to unlicensed operators per 100 visits to licensed sites in the first seven months of 2026; the Gambling Commission has issued more than 3,100 disruption notices since April 2024.
Black Cube has asked a New Jersey court to dismiss Evolution’s lawsuit under the state’s anti-SLAPP law, according to a media report. The hearing is scheduled for 16 November; analysts do not expect an immediate decision, and either side can appeal.
Black Cube has moved to dismiss Evolution’s legal challenge using a New Jersey public-expression law, according to a cited report.