The UK Gambling Commission recently released the results of the 2007 Gambling Prevalance Study conducted by NATCEN. The results are available below. Its amazing that given the widespread increase in gambling in Ireland over the last 10 years that we can only guestimate the number of problem gamblers in the Irish population.
results here from Gambling Commission Site
Some highlights include
- Sample of 9,003 representing a 53 per cent response rate
- 68 per cent of population gambles to some degree
- 57 per cent play some form of Lotto game
- Gambling falling from 72 per cent to 68 per cent from the 1999 survey
- About half per cent of the UK adult population identified as "problem gamblers" so roughly about 250,000 people. No increase since 1999.
- highest among 16-44 year olds, people whose parents had gambling problems, single people, people with poor health, Asian/Asian British, Black/Black British, lower education
- problem gambling highest among spread betters, fixed odds betting terminal users, betting exchange users and online gamblers.
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