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Investigating the relationship between reasons for gambling and different gambling activities

This short report explores the reasons people give for taking part in gambling and how they relate to different gambling activities.

Published
30 January 2025

Last updated
30 January 2025 - Changes

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Definitions

Past 12 months gambling

Participants were provided with a list of 18 types of gambling legally available in Great Britain and asked which of these activities they had taken part in in the past 12 months. They were also asked about any private betting or gambling they may have done in the same period. Participants who answered yes to taking part in one or more gambling activity are described in this report as participating in gambling in the past 12 months.

Past 4 weeks gambling

Participants who had participated in any gambling activity in the past 12 months were then asked if they had taken part in the same gambling activity or activities within the past 4 weeks. Participants who answered yes to one or more gambling activity are described in this report as participating in gambling in the past 4 weeks.

Full list of gambling activities

The list of gambling activities presented to participants was refined and tested during the development stages of the Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB). The aim was to update the list used in previous surveys to better represent forms of commercial gambling currently available in Great Britain, and to better capture engagement in different online gambling formats. Appendix A shows the list of gambling activities asked about for the past 4 weeks and the past 12 months.

The Reasons for Gambling Questionnaire

The Reasons for Gambling Questionnaire (RGQ) is a 15-item self-report measure of gambling motivations. Originally developed for the British Gambling Prevalence Survey (BGPS) 2010 (opens in new tab), the RGQ is a validated measure (opens in new tab) of reasons for gambling designed to be used in men and women from aged 16 and older.

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