A new data set from the British Gambling Commission shows the impact that the pandemic has been having on UK gambling operators. The severity of pandemic-related business fluctuations varied greatly from market segment to market segment with land-based casinos, retail betting shops, and horse racing tracks taking the brunt of the damage. On the other end of the spectrum, online gambling operators saw their business, predictably, increase while the country’s population was living on lockdown.
The new numbers cover the period from April 2020 to September 2020, the deep, dark heart of the pande