The remote sector increased £4.5 billion GGY from £4.2 billion GGY for the previous year and casino games generated the highest turnover and £2.4 billion in GGY, primarily through slots games which accounted for £1.6 billion.
The UKGC said that for the gambling industry as a whole in the UK the GGY stood at £13.8 billion, an increase of 2.9% compared with the previous year. The only areas which did not see growth were bingo and the National Lottery.
In land-based gaming, the overall number of gaming machines across the industry decreased slightly to 176,410, but with a continued increase in machine GGY in all sectors, except bingo.
Betting shops are facing a FOBT crackdown but the UKGC noted that for the period they continued to generate the highest machines GGY at £1.8 billion.
Meanwhile in its "Betting, Gaming and Lottery Duties" bulletin, the HMRC reported that remote gaming duty (RGD) receipts had grown 6.2% to £357 million in the year ending March 2017.
Source: GMB / iGaming Business
