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Understanding the impact of increased cost of living on gambling behaviour - Final report
Gambling Commission's research report with Yonder into the behaviours and motivations of gamblers during the current period of high cost of living in Great Britain.
Contents
- Introduction
- Methodology
- How to read this report
- Summary of findings
- Personal finances and cost of living
- Financial comfort and concerns around cost of living
- Relationship with gambling
- Impact of cost of living on gambling behaviours
- Gambling has stayed the same
- Gambling because it’s fun but will make cutbacks if needed
- Gambling is an inherent part of life
- Change in gambling behaviour
- The number of occasions on which you have spent money on these gambling activities
- The amount of money spent on these gambling activities
- The amount of time spent gambling on these activities
- Typical stakes
- Motivations for gambling
- Conclusions
- Appendix A - Gambling activities
- Appendix B - Reading longitudinal tables
- Appendix C - Motivations for gambling – subgroup analysis by statement
Appendix B - Reading longitudinal tables
The following is an example on how to read the longitudinal tables include in this report.
| Example statement | Total Wave 1 |
Wave 3 NET: Agree |
Wave 3 Neither agree or disagree |
Wave 3 NET: Disagree |
Wave 3 Don't know |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NET: Agree (percentage) |
60% | 86% | 9% | 4% | 0% |
| Neither agree or disagree (percentage) |
19% | 45% | 34% | 21% | 0% |
| NET: Disagree (percentage) |
20% | 24% | 19% | 56% | 1% |
| Don't know | 1% | 29% | 50% | 7% | 14% |
The first column in table 1.1 in the ‘Financial Comfort and Concerns around Cost of Living’ section shows that:
- 86 percent of respondents who originally agreed with the statement in wave 1 continued to agree with the statement in wave 3
- 45 percent of that those who had originally neither agreed or disagreed with the statement in wave 1 went on to agree with it in wave 3
- 24 percent of those who had originally disagreed with the statement in wave 1 went on to agree in wave 3
- 29 percent of those who had originally responded ‘don’t’ know’ to the statement said that they agreed in wave 3.
Cost of living on gambling behaviour 2024: Appendix A - Gambling activities Next section
Cost of living on gambling behaviour 2024: Appendix C - Motivations for gambling – subgroup analysis by statement
Last updated: 27 February 2024
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