Number of gambling establishments in Great Britain by type 2022

As of March 2022, the most common type of brick-and-mortar gambling establishments in Great Britain was betting establishments, with a total of 6,219. Meanwhile, there were 1,285 adult gaming centers in Great Britain.

Total number of gambling establishments in Great Britain from March 2009 to March 2022, by type

Characteristic	Betting	Adult gaming centre	Bingo	Family entertainment centre	Casino
March 2009	8,872	-	641	-	143
March 2010	8,822	-	496	-	141
March 2011	9,067	2,103	695	293	149
March 2012	9,128	2,247	646	295	146
March 2013	9,100	1,671	680	362	144
March 2014	9,111	1,642	710	389	147
March 2015	8,995	1,610	674	331	148
March 2016	8,915	1,549	654	345	152
March 2017	8,800	1,548	635	271	150
March 2018	8,559	1,481	657	220	152
March 2019	8,304	1,464	631	209	153
March 2020	7,683	1,464	635	199	156
March 2021	6,462	1,381	585	193	7
March 2022*	6,219	1,285	609	151	144

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Release date

November 2022

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

March 2011 to March 2022

Supplementary notes

*Preliminary figure.
Data is derived from the last regulatory return submitted before the relevant reporting period.
Operators who offer bingo as exempt gaming in clubs (including members’ clubs, commercial clubs and miners’ welfare institutes) and have hit the threshold for high turnover bingo (as defined by Section 275) do not need to record the number of premises in their regulatory returns. These operators are required to hold an operating licence, but not a premises licence. We continue to review and rectify any returns where the operator has included the premises in error.
From 31 March 2013 onwards, premises data is drawn from regulatory returns. Prior to this, the data was derived from local authority notifications.
Casino premises data up to 31 March 2015 was drawn from Casino Drop & Win data returns. After 31 March 2015, casino premises data is drawn from the 'Active' casinos listed by operators within their regulatory returns.
Trading Room Only premises are not included.

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