Total UK betting and gaming duty receipts reached £1,933 million in April-July 2026, 19% more than a year earlier, HM Revenue and Customs said in statistics published Sept. 30.
The figure is £309 million higher than in the same period of the previous financial year. The data is provisional.
Remote Gaming Duty accounted for 50% of receipts in the period, and General Betting Duty for 16.6%, HMRC said. The tax authority said the rise is expected to reflect, in part, an increase in the Remote Gaming Duty rate from 21% to 40% from April 2026.
April-June: where receipts rose
For April-June, total receipts were £985 million, up £3 million, or 0.3%, from the same period a year earlier. HMRC said the higher rate is expected to have contributed to higher receipts from July 2026 onward.
Remote Gaming Duty receipts for April-June were £376 million, up £67 million, or 22%. Machine Games Duty receipts were £162 million, up £7 million, or 5%.
Gaming Duty, which applies to casinos, raised £58 million, up £1 million, or 2%.
April-June: where receipts fell
General Betting Duty receipts were £161 million in April-June, down £27 million, or 14%. Total General Betting Duty receipts for 2025-26 were £685 million, down £29 million from the year before, HMRC said.
Lottery Duty receipts were £225 million, down £39 million, or 15%. Pool Betting Duty receipts were £0.7 million, down £1.1 million, or 61%.
Bingo Duty, abolished from April 2026, raised £2 million in April-June, down £4 million, or 67%.
Machine Games Duty declared in returns
Machine Games Duty reported by operators in their tax returns for April-July totaled £203 million, up £7 million, or 3%, from the same period a year earlier, HMRC said. The duty is payable in the month after each accounting period ends.
Duty at the standard 20% rate accounted for £201 million of the total, up £7 million, or 4%.
Machine Games Duty has three rates: 5% for Type 1 machines, 20% for Type 2 machines and 25% for all other machines.
HMRC said the next release is due in September 2027.
