UK slots gross gambling yield and number of spins in the third quarter reached new highs for the third quarter in a row, despite maximum stake limits being introduced last year.
The data from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) covers Q3 – October to December 2025 – online and in-person gambling at betting premises found on the UK high street.
Slots GGY for the period increased by 10% year-over-year to £788m, the number of spins rose by 7% to 25.7 billion and the average monthly active accounts grew by 5% to 4.6 million.
GGY and number of spins figures were new peaks for slots for the third consecutive quarter, despite it also being the third quarter since maximum stake limits for online slots were implemented – £5 limit for adults from 9 April 2025, £2 limit for 18 to 24 year olds from 21 May 2025.
The number of online slots sessions lasting longer than an hour dropped by 16% YoY to 8.9 million, average session length decreased by two minutes to 16 minutes, while approximately 4.4% of all sessions lasted more than one hour (Q3 2024: 6.2%).
It was noted by the UKGC that several operators had “refined their session length methodology” over the past year, impacting YoY comparisons on the number of sessions, sessions over one hour and average session length metrics.
Elsewhere, the commission noted that:
- Overall online total GGY was down 2% YoY to £1.5bn, the number of total bets and spins rose by 6% to 27.4 billion, while average monthly active accounts fell by 2% to 12.7 million.
- Real event betting GGY decreased by 18% YoY to £530m, the number of bets dropped by 6%, while the average monthly active accounts decreased by 7%.
- Betting premises GGY declined by 7% YoY to £549m, while the number of total bets and spins decreased by 1% to 3.1 billion.
- Over the counter bets decreased by 2% YoY to 128 million, while GGY fell by 12% to £141m.
- Self-service betting terminal bets increased by 0.3% YoY to 39.6 million, but GGY declined by 15% to £130m.
- Machines GGY dropped by 1% YoY to £278m with average spend per session rising by 3p to £12.31. Average number of spins per machine session remained at 130 spins, while 2.6% of machine sessions lasted more than one hour (Q3 2024: 2.7%).