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Insights into affected others from the GSGB

This report provides insights into affected others from the GSGB

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Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB)

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GSGB: Supplementary analysis and additional insights

Published on
14 May 2026

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Within theme 3 of our Evidence Roadmaps 'Gambling related harm and vulnerability', the Commission has set out the need to understand the impact of gambling on people who gamble and affected others. The Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) identifies people who may be impacted by someone else’s gambling, providing the opportunity to explore this topic in more detail.

The findings reveal that affected others are a diverse group. While the research set out to examine the impact of gambling on people who don’t gamble themselves, it also shows that some affected others are impacted by both others’ gambling and their own.

The findings will inform upcoming qualitative research to provide further context and may highlight areas for regulation, policy consideration, or future research by the Commission or wider gambling ecosystem.

Key facts

9 percent of adults in the GSGB were affected by someone else’s gambling.

Adults who we identified as affected others were more likely to be female (55 percent) and aged between 25 and 44 (46 percent).

Most affected others reported gambling themselves in the past 12 months (63 percent), compared with 37 percent who did not.

Affected others reported experiencing at least one of the following:

• health‑related consequence (73.7 percent)
• relationship‑related consequence (65.3 percent)
• resource‑related consequence (42.5 percent).

30.1 percent of affected others also reported experiencing adverse consequences (including severe or potentially adverse) from their own gambling.

Fewer than 1 in 5 affected others sought support in the past 12 months (14.5 percent).

Details

Full details can be found in the Insights into affected others from the GSGB report.

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