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Statistics and research release

Gambling participation in 2019: behaviour, awareness and attitudes

Gambling behaviour, awareness and attitude statistics are published each February in our Annual Report.

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Collection
Consumer gambling behaviour

Series
Behaviour, awareness and attitudes

Published on
3 February 2020

Summary

Also published recently

Additional data sets in this series

Key facts

Significant increase at the 95% confidence level

  • 15% - Proportion of online gamblers gambling in the workplace in the past four weeks
    (12% in year to December 2018)

  • 21% - Percentage of respondents who have gambled online in the past four weeks
    (18% in year to December 2018)

  • 50% - Proportion of online gamblers who have gambled using a mobile phone in the past four weeks
    (44% in year to December 2018)

  • 43% - Proportion of respondents who think that gambling is associated with crime
    (38% in year to December 2018)

  • 65% - Proportion of gamblers who have read terms and conditions and found them to be helpful
    (61% in year to December 2018)

Non-significant findings (tested at the 95% confidence level)

  • 47% - Percentage of respondents who have participated in any form of gambling in the past four weeks
    (46% in year to December 2018)

  • 0.5% - Proportion of respondents who were classified as problem gamblers (those who gamble with negative consequences and a possible loss of control)
    According to the full PGSI or DSM-IV screen in 2018 (England)

  • 32% - Percentage of respondents who have participated in gambling in the past four weeks, excluding those who have only played the National Lottery draws
    (32% in year to December 2018)

  • 56% - Percentage of online gamblers who have more than one online account
    (54% in year to December 2018)

  • 29% - Proportion of respondents who think that gambling is fair and can be trusted
    (30% in year to December 2018)

Significant decrease at the 95% confidence level

  • 51% - Proportion of respondents who have seen a gambling advert on the television in the last week
    (54% in year to December 2018)

Details

View the findings from the full 2019 report.

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