Please find me statistics on UK and global online gambling.
How many sites, how many players, how much money is being traded in
casinos and sports betting. What are the growth prospects according to
independent forecasters?

<Online gambling.

UK online gambling

2002 ? £0.84 billion
2004 ? £5.5 billion
According to a report in 2002 the UK gambling industry was worth £42
billion with two percent attributed to online gambling. In 2004 it is
estimated to be £55 billion with 10 percent gambled online.
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=123652004

Number of UK gamblers.

In 2000, 2 million UK gamblers visited bookmakers sites. (Source Net Value).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/801972.stm

In 2003 NetBalue found 3.5 million people in the UK visited online
gaming sites in March.
http://www.readymadecasinos.com/gambling.htm

According to the National Centre?s British Gambling Survey, 72 percent
of Britain?s population ? about 33 million adults ?took part in some
form of gambling activity within the past year.
http://www.restoredcog.org/articles/tptag.html

Global gambling.
2001
The gaming board for Great Britain gives an estimate for the total
amount of global online gambling and a breakdown of the amounts spent
on each type of gambling.
Total global gambling turnover (offline and online) - £638 billion.
Total online gambling ? £21 billion
Online Horseracing - £2 billion
Online Sports betting - £9 billion
Online casinos - £5 billion
Online Lotteries - £5 billion

Number of gamblers.
There are approximately 12 million online gamblers. 5.3 million are
Americans. 4 million are from Asia. By 2006 the number of Asian
gamblers is anticipated to grow to 7.4 million.
Source: Christiansen Capital advisors.
http://www.casinomeister.com/news/april2003.html

Gross online sports wagering for 2003 will reach $63.5 billion.
Source: Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/covers/2002-03-29-online-bets.htm

The number of online gambling sites in 2001 was 31,000. Source: Websense.
http://www.websense.com/company/news/pr/Display.php?Release=010620360

The number of online gambling sites in 2002 was 32,991 and 44,076 in
2003. Source: Websense.
http://www.shoutasia.com/websense/clients_websense_gamble.htm



Growth

This CNN article has a graph showing projected online wagers worldwide
up to 2010 - $18.4 billion (source: Christiansen Capital Advisors).
Although the figures are supposedly the amount wagered, they appear to
be gross revenue (bets less winnings).
http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/26/commentary/column_sportsbiz/sportsbiz/

According to Merrill Lynch, gross gaming revenues for online betting
will reach $48 billion by 2010.
http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/articles/starnet/starnet152.htm

According to the Online Gambling Research and Markets Group, online
gambling will reach $125 billion by 2015.
http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/ManageArticle.asp?C=500&A=10546

Merrill Lynch predict that online gambling will grow to $177 billion
by 2015. $100 billion will come from online sports betting.
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