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Participation in gambling and rates of problem gambling - 2015. Headline findings. Key findings - participation. Key findings – online play. Key findings – problem gambling. Telephone survey results. Methodology – telephone survey. Overall Participation by gender.
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Participation in gambling and rates of problem gambling - 2015 Headline findings
Overall Participation by gender Decline in participation driven by decline in National Lottery and other lottery play
Online participation by age Those aged 35-54 are more likely to gamble online than those aged 18-34
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?
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:
Betting in-play Overall 25% of online gamblers had bet in-play
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