Research & consultations

British gambling prevalence surveys

What is a British Gambling Prevalence Survey?

A British Gambling Prevalence Survey is a large-scale nationally representative survey of participation in gambling and the prevalence of problem gambling in Great Britain.

British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2000

The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2000 was commissioned by GamCare to provide baseline data on adult gambling behaviour in Great Britain. It was the first nationally representative survey of its kind in this country and it provided statistically robust data on adult participation in gambling plus an estimate of the prevalence of problem gambling in Britain.

A random sample of 7,700 people aged 16 and over participated in the survey. 

British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007

The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007 was the first to be commissioned by the Gambling Commission and was undertaken to help us understand the nature and scale of gambling in Great Britain at a point before the Gambling Act 2005 was implemented.

A random sample of 9,003 people aged 16 and over participated in the survey. 

Data collected by the survey also formed the basis of a range of secondary analysis projects. The survey data set is available from UK Data Archive.

British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010

The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010 is the third nationally representative survey of participation of gambling and the prevalence of problem gambling in Great Britain. It builds on the first two British prevalence surveys and involves over 7,500 participants.