Full article on Racing Post Figures showing a massive rise in visits by UK punters to unlicensed bookmakers offering horseracing demonstrate that the threat of the black market is becoming reality, the BHA has said.A report by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities on anti-illegal betting and related crime found that the number of unique customers visiting 22 unlicensed sites taking bets on British racing had grown by 522 per cent between August 2021 and September 2024.By contrast, unique visitor traffic to ten legal websites offering betting on horseracing had grown by only 49 per cent over the same period.Total visitor traffic from the UK to the unlicensed betting websites had grown by 131 per cent since August 2021, compared to 25 per cent to legal bookmakers.The report also noted that the 22 unlicensed operators did not represent even the majority of the unlicensed market visited by UK bettors.
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