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Statistics and research release

Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to March 2023

Findings from the quarterly telephone survey: Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to March 2023.

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Consumer gambling behaviour

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Gambling participation and problem gambling

Published on
11 May 2023

Summary

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The Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) now gathers the latest data on gambling behaviours.

This statistical release covers the quarterly gambling participation and problem gambling prevalence data for the year to March 2023.

The data being released today is based on the Gambling Commission’s quarterly telephone survey conducted by Yonder Consulting. A nationally representative sample of 4002 adults aged 16 and over were interviewed via telephone in June 2022, September 2022, December 2022 and March 2023. Further details on the quarterly telephone survey methodology can be found on the front cover of the main publication.

Key facts

  • In year to March 2023, overall participation in any gambling activity (in the last four weeks) remained statistically stable at 44 percent (compared to year to March 2022).
  • In year to March 2023, the in-person gambling participation rate remained statistically stable at 27 percent, although this figure remains below the pre-pandemic level of around 35 percent.
  • The online gambling participation rate remained statistically stable at 26 percent (compared to year to March 2022).
  • The overall headline problem gambling rate as measured by the short form PGSI is statistically stable at 0.3 percent. The moderate risk rate and low risk rate also remain statistically stable at 1.2 percent and 1.8 percent respectively (compared to year to March 2022).

Details

This is the last edition of the quarterly participation and prevalence statistics which will be taken from the quarterly telephone survey. On behalf of the Commission, Yonder Consulting have created a report summarising key trends from March 2015 to March 2023. The report reviews the results of the last 8 years, exploring overall key trends found in gambling participation, behaviour and attitudes across that period.

Read the Gambling Behaviour 2015 to 2023: Quarterly telephone survey trends report.

Notes

This publication is primarily for anyone who has an involvement or interest in the gambling industry including government, licensed operators, trade bodies, international regulators, journalists, academic researchers, financial institutions, statisticians, consumers and local authorities.

About the status of official statistics.

This is the last edition of the quarterly participation and prevalence statistics.

Data and downloads

Files

Survey data on gambling participation March 2023 XLSX 596.5 kB

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