Chart 2 : Betting shop machine GGY 2009- 2020 (£ m )
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£ m
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1071 |
1183 |
1307 |
1459 |
1548 1569 |
1685 |
1748 |
1822 1834 1826 |
1075 |
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600
Chart 2 : Betting shop machine GGY 2009-2020 (£ m )
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2013
1548
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2014
1569
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1685
2015
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1748
2016
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1822
2017
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1834
2018
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1826
2019
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2020 |
1459 |
Year to March |
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1307 |
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1200
Source : Gambling Commission
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1071 |
1075 |
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800
Chart 3 : Betting shop machine GGY YoY
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£ m variance (%)
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3.7
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4.2
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0.7
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Chart 3 : Betting shop machine GGY YoY variance (%)
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1.4 |
7.4 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
0.7 |
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Chart 4 : Machine GGY B2 and B3 2009-20
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(£ m )
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Chart 4 : Machine GGY B2 and B3 2009-20 (£ m )
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Year to March
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1458 |
1548 |
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1836 |
1689 |
671
1165 1061
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Year to March
B2 B3
Chart 5 : Betting shops 2009-2020
“ But what is clear is the extent to which the bookmakers sweated their combined machine estates for all they were worth in the years leading up to the new staking limit ”
they were worth in the years leading up to the new staking limit . In each of the years to March 2017 , 2018 and 2019 , combined machine GGY topped £ 1.8bn .
What also appears to stand out is that they were managing to squeeze this machine revenue from a decreasing UK shop estate .
As can be seen , the number of betting shops actually contracted significantly in the three years before the introduction of the £ 2 stake limit on B2s . From the peak in 2014 of 9,111 shops , the number had fallen by 8 % five years later to 8,320 . It subsequently fell another 7.7 % in the year to 2020 , meaning that since the peak , the total number of UK betting shops had fallen by 1,430 or 15.7 %.
There were always likely to be more closures to come as the Commission statistics caught up with the current state of play . But now with the pandemic , there is sure to be another swathe of shuttered shops .
In its 2020 results statement in early March , William Hill said it had completed the previously announced closure of 713 shops and as of the end of 2020 it was down to 1,414 . However ,
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