Employees in the gambling industry by sector Great Britain

The goss gambling yield (GGY) in Great Britain increased from roughly 8.4 billion British pounds in 2011 to approximately 14.26 billion British pounds in 2019. Such a lucrative industry requires a certain number of employees to operate its businesses. Overall the number of employees in the gambling industry in the Great Britain has gone down as technologies and automation continue to grow.

Betting is the backbone

Betting has always been the bread and butter of the gambling industry. As of 2019, approximately 46 thousand people work in the UK betting industry, a decrease of roughly nine thousand within the past nine years. The other sectors such as bingo, casinos, arcades or online are all close to around ten thousand employees. The lotteries only require a thousand employees.

Development

From the different gambling sectors in the business, the remote or online sector is the only one that has increased in workforce except for the lotteries, which also have marginally increased. Arcades have decreased the most in its workforce with less than half the employees than were employed a decade ago. Most gambling enterprises employ less than 20 workers.

Number of employees in the gambling industry in Great Britain from 2009 to 2019, by sector

Characteristic	Betting	Bingo	Casinos	Arcades*	Gaming Machine Technical	Remote**	Lotteries (ELM)
at September 30, 2019	46,123	11,559	12,983	10,046	6,583	-	-
at March 31, 2019	50,065	11,826	13,129	10,229	6,468	9,878	1,037
at March 31, 2018	53,500	12,425	15,377	10,236	6,793	9,580	941
at March 31, 2017	52,537	12,704	16,397	10,474	6,482	8,201	1,091
at March 31, 2016	53,303	12,831	16,352	10,692	6,661	6,373	1,131
at March 31, 2015	51,509	13,278	15,569	10,980	7,161	7,645	982
at March 31, 2014	52,543	14,069	15,611	12,075	6,925	5,835	1,135
at March 31, 2013	55,332	14,938	15,010	11,815	7,313	4,725	847
at March 31, 2012	55,882	15,829	14,701	12,769	7,604	5,832	849
at March 31, 2011	55,411	18,495	13,949	12,844	7,603	6,438	754
at March 31, 2010	54,956	16,877	17,529	24,410	7,602	7,518	678

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Release date

June 2020

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United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

March 2009 to September 2019

Supplementary notes

*Arcades: include adult gaming centers (AGC) and family entertainment centers (FEC).
Includes full-time and part-time posts.
Values for Betting at 2009 and Gaming Machine Technical at 2018 were not provided by the source.

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