Coronavirus Pandemic Triggers Online Gambling Crisis in the UK

Back in late January, Google reported that the search interest in online casinos has reached an all-time high in the UK. And that happened a few months before the coronavirus pandemic outbreak when, although the revenue of the land-based gambling sector suffered a massive decline, online casino, slots, poker and virtual sports betting marked a considerable increase. According to some data collected by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), there was a 53% increase in online poker activity in March 2020 in comparison to the figures registered in the same month…