The UK Gambling Commission has published its six-month update to the gambling industry statistics.

Figures provide a snapshot of activity, market changes and trends across all gambling sectors for the period October 2016 to November 2017.

£13.9bn total gross gambling yield (GGY) of the Great Britain gambling industry (0.7% increase from Apr 2016 – Mar 2017).

£4.9bn total GGY for the online sector (3.7% increase from Apr 2016 – Mar 2017), 35% market share of the remote sector (1.0% increase from Apr 2016 – Mar 2017).

106,366 total number of employees in the Great Britain gambling industry (0.8% decrease from Mar 2017).

The online sector continues to grow at 35%.