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Gambling participation in 2019: behaviour, awareness and attitudes

A report providing an overview of consumer gambling behaviour in Great Britain in 2019

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Published
3 February 2020

Last updated
4 December 2025 - Changes

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Contents

• Gambling participation in 2019: behaviour, awareness and attitudes

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• Executive summary
• Preface
• Gambling participation
• • How many people gamble
  • What people gamble on
  • How people gamble
  • How often people gamble
• Problem and at-risk gambling
• Online gambling behaviour
• • Devices used
  • Location of online gambling
  • In-play betting
  • Number of accounts
  • eSports
• Consumer analysis
• • Self-exclusion and gambling management tools
  • Information to players
  • Terms and conditions
  • Complaints
  • Social media and advertising
  • Social gaming
• Perceptions and attitudes
• • Perceptions
  • Attitudes towards gambling
  • Public opinion on gambling policy
• Appendix – methodology
• • Gambling participation
  • Problem and at-risk gambling
  • Full PGSI and DSM-IV screens
  • Online gambling behaviour

Content of this report

This report contains detail of the response rates achieved and weighting strategy for year 3, wave 2 of the Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB), which was carried out between 7 April 2025 and 20 July 2025.

Detail on the background to the survey, the methodology, sampling strategy, and questionnaire content are provided in the Gambling Survey for Great Britain - technical report.

Data tables are provided in Statistics on gambling participation – Wave 2, April to July 2025.

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Last updated: 4 December 2025

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