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Key findings - Pre-commitment Tools

Of those who were aware of pre-commitment tools, that is, financial limits and/or reality checks (base size of 1,412):

27 percent of respondents believe that their uncertainty surrounding the usefulness of pre-commitment tools is the most challenging barrier to using them.

31 percent of respondents believe that having a limit already set up by default is the most helpful facilitator for using pre-commitment tools.

71 percent of respondents stated that they find alerts most useful when they are approaching their time and/or spend limit, rather than when the limits have already been reached (28 percent).

42 percent of respondents who have used pre-commitment tools in the previous 12 months (base size of 562) reported that they found them to be effective in reducing the time and/or money they spent gambling.

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