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A recent study conducted in the UK regarding the future of online gambling has been completed. The study reviewed 30 operators in the online gambling industry, including all online gambling categories: poker, online casinos, sports betting and spread betting. The study combined historical data, beginning from 2000, and forecast data reaching to 2010. The report, detailed and comprehensive, is sure to provoke many reactions from the online gambling industry.

The report predicts a change in the profile of the typical online gambler. While in the past, online gambling has been conducted mainly by experienced “hard core” gamblers, the report predicts that in the future online gambling will be more widespread, and the number of those that visit online gambling sites for entertainment and leisure will increase. The change in the online gambling user will be reflected in the online gambling sites. Indeed, much simpler gambling formats will be presented in a attempt to please and attract this new type of gambler. Online gambling will be presented as another type of online entertainment and spending opportunity.

The report also predicts an enormous increase in consumer spending on online gambling sites. If 660 million pounds was spent on online gambling in 2005, in 2010 this sum, large in itself, will reach an enormous 1.6 billion GBP. Not only the money spent on online gambling is expected to increase, but also the number of online gamblers. By 2010 the number of online gamblers will reach 2.1 billion, doubling the present number. While this report is UK based, the operators constitute a large portion of the international online gambling industry; thus the report is considered representative of larger trends.