The size of the online gambling market in the United States rose to ** billion U.S. dollars in 2024, representing an increase of ** percent from the previous year. This figure was forecast to increase to ** billion U.S. dollars by 2029.

The size of the global online gambling and betting industry amounted to ** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. This has been forecast to rise to *** billion U.S. dollars by 2029. In comparison, the market size of the global sports betting and lottery industry was valued at roughly *** billion U.S. dollars as of March 2025. Overall, the global sports betting industry had more than ******* employees and approximately ****** businesses. What is the most popular type of online gambling in the United States? As of 2024, online sports betting ranked as the form of online gambling with the highest share of participants in the U.S. In total, ** percent of U.S. adults said they made online bets on sports. Meanwhile, the total revenue from sports betting in the U.S. amounted to ***** billion U.S. dollars in 2023, denoting an increase of approximately ** percent from the previous year. Meanwhile, ********** was the most popular sports betting website in the U.S. as of January 2024. What is the United Kingdom’s National Lottery? A lottery is a form of gambling where participants purchase numbered tickets with the aim of matching those numbers with lots, which are drawn randomly at a later date. Established in 1994, the National Lottery is a nationwide version of the activity that is regulated by the Gambling Commission of the United Kingdom. Between April 2023 and March 2024, over ***** billion British pounds worth of National Lottery tickets were sold. Meanwhile, more than *** billion British pounds were available as prize money for potential winners of the National Lottery in the same period.