UK average weekly gambling spend increases

iGaming Business – The UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported an increase in the average amount British households spent on gambling during 2012. In its Family Spending Report, the ONS said that an average of £3.20 (€3.80/5.25) was spent on gambling each week in 2012, an increase of 50p on the previous year. The gambling figure was more than the average British household amount spent a week on going to the cinema, concerts, theme parks, museums and the theatre combined. The report revealed that all areas in the UK lost money on gambling, apart from the north west…