Roulette is the Top Table in Land-based Casinos in the UK

According to the latest figures released by the UK Gambling Commission, the nation’s gambling market was worth £6.7 billion in the year ending September 2013. The report, released on Friday, showed a hike of $250 million in market-worth, compared to last year.

Roulette the hottest table in land-based casinos

With a 12 percent hike in revenues over 12 months, it was a good year for land-based casinos in the UK. They earned £1.08 billion in total, making up 16 percent of the country’s total gambling revenue. Bringing in more than £344 million and maintaining its former position, roulette was the top table in land-based casinos.

Baccarat and blackjack shared the second spot. Singularly, baccarat fetched £201 million from its tables – nearly twice as much as it did in the previous year. The commission has attributed the rise in the popularity of baccarat to Asian high rollers in the UK’s casinos.

UK gambling market owes nearly half of its profit to retail betting

The figures released by the commission were exclusive of the UK National Lottery and held retail betting as the largest contributor to the national gambling revenue. With £3.2 billion coming from retail betting, such events accounted for nearly half of the total market value. Revenues from horse betting were up two percent from the previous year.

Operators of online gambling sites witnessed a 16 percent-hike in revenues, contributing £1.06 billion in total. Sports betting revenue was up 17 percent and added £879 million to the total revenue. Betting on online pool activity pitched in £108 million.

The commission also reported that the number of people registering for online gambling rose to a five-year high, hitting 5.2 million in the 12-month period. Both, the number of active accounts and total number of online gambling accounts increased in comparison to the previous year. The report was drafted based on the data from licensed operators only.