Thursday April 30,2015 : GLOBAL GAMBLING CURRENTLY WORTH $450 BILLION
GBGC estimate as at end 2014.
The respected Global Betting and Gaming Consultants’ latest edition of its Global Gambling Report is now available and estimates that world gambling revenues were over $450 billion and rising at the end of 2014.
The tenth edition of the report reveals that the world market grew by just 1.1 percent in 2013 but performed more strongly in 2014, rising by 3.2 percent, according to provisional data.
"Asia overtook North America as the largest gambling region in 2010 and Asia continues to hold the top spot, accounting for almost 33 percent of global gambling revenues," the report claims.