British iGaming revenues hit by re-opening of land-based retail betting shops
In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has announced that the amount of money spent by domestic online gamblers in July fell by 4% when compared with the previous month to slightly above £459.1 million ($593.7 million).
The body used an official Thursday press release to explain that the decline came in the wake of a government decision that saw land-based retail betting shops allowed to re-open from June 15 following a twelve-week coronavirus-induced shuttering. The regulator also detailed that the final gross gaming yield figure represented a year-on-year rise and was indicative of how the nation’s iGaming market is evolving ‘as the country continues to move out of full lockdown into the autumn months’.
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