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Headline findings

Explore key findings from a 2015 study on gambling participation and problem gambling rates, including data on online play, age and gender trends, problem gambling methodologies, and survey results. Discover insights into the decline in National Lottery participation, online gambling preferences, and future survey enhancements for 2016 and beyond.

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Headline findings

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  1. Participation in gambling and rates of problem gambling - 2015 Headline findings

  2. Key findings - participation

  3. Key findings – online play

  4. Key findings – problem gambling

  5. Telephone survey results

  6. Methodology – telephone survey

  7. Overall Participation by gender Decline in participation driven by decline in National Lottery and other lottery play

  8. Overall Participation by age

  9. Online participation by gender

  10. Online participation by age Those aged 35-54 are more likely to gamble online than those aged 18-34

  11. Highest frequency of play across all activities

  12. Problem gambling

  13. Methodology • Problem gambling status was defined using the short-form Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) • The screen was developed from the full 9-item PGSI • The screen is formed of three questions: • Have you bet more than you could really afford to lose? • Have people criticised your betting or told you that you have a gambling problem? • Have you felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?

  14. Methodology – screen scoring • For each question respondents select on a range from never – sometimes – most of the time – almost always • Responses are scored from 0 – 3 meaning the total possible score is 9 • The table below shows how respondents are categorised based on their score:

  15. Problem gamblers by gender

  16. Problem gamblers by age

  17. Online survey results

  18. Methodology – online survey

  19. Devices used by age

  20. Location of play by age

  21. Betting in-play Overall 25% of online gamblers had bet in-play

  22. Next steps • Enhancements to the telephone participation survey for 2016: • Additional machines categories to ascertain location of play • Addition of football and tennis betting categories • Expansion of perceptions questions to gather further detail on attitudes to gambling • PGSI mini-screen data published quarterly • Testing of increased % of mobile sample to better reflect the population with commencement of higher proportion in 2017

  23. Future publications

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