Gambling Commission survey says nearly half of UK adults gambled in the last four weeks

Sunday, March 3, 2024 1:56 PM
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The Gambling Commission has published its Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB). The survey itself was conducted by NatCen and included 4,801 respondents across a period of five months; July to November 2023.

Out of those respondents, 48% confirmed that they had gambled in the last four weeks at the time of the survey.

Between the two demographics, 38% had gambled online and 29% had gambled in person at a retail location, such as physical casinos or a lottery kiosk.

A total percentage of 31% had bought National Lottery tickets, but interestingly enough, 21% of respondents only bought lottery tickets as a form of gambling. This is one fifth of respondents, and as such, if removed from the results this leaves 27% of people gambling in the last four weeks outside of the lottery.