Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adult gaming centres are currently in operation in the UK; and how many such centres were in operation in (1) June 2017, and (2) June 2018.
The latest figures for the number of Adult Gaming Centre premises are from September 2018. The figures for each year are given in the table below.
Number of Adult Gaming Centre Premises | ||||||||
At 31 March 2011 | At 31 March 2012 | At 31 March 2013 | At 31 March 2014 | At 31 March 2015 | At 31 March 2016 | At 31 March 2017 | At 31 March 2018 | At 30 Sept 2018 |
2,103 | 2,247 | 1,671 | 1,642 | 1,610 | 1,549 | 1,546 | 1,511 | 1,436 |
More information can be found in the Gambling Commission’s industry statistics at https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news-action-and-statistics/Statistics-and-research/Statistics/Industry-statistics.aspx