# United Kingdom 09.4.3 Recreation and culture: Games of chance CP SA £m ()

United Kingdom 09.4.3 Recreation and culture: Games of chance CP SA £m () was down 2.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 3,223.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.7% (Q2 2020) to 17.5% (Q2 2022), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-4-3`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (166 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/09-4-3-recreation-and-culture-games-of-chance-cp-sa-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 3,223.0 £m | −2.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,319.0 £m | 1.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,281.0 £m | −0.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,248.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,315.0 £m | 3.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,267.0 £m | 2.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 3,298.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,126.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,219.0 £m | 1.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,185.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,120.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,198.0 £m | −5.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,164.0 £m | −3.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,224.0 £m | 2.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,151.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,382.0 £m | 12.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,278.0 £m | 17.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,148.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,074.0 £m | 3.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,999.0 £m | 7.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,790.0 £m | 14.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,009.0 £m | 3.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 2,985.0 £m | −6.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 2,798.0 £m | −10.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-4-3"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-4-3",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```