Latest Gambling Participation Report Published By Ukgc

By Brian Cullingworth, Last updated Mar 3, 2017

Research will continue to shape consumer protection initiatives

The UK Gambling Commission's new report on overall gambling participation and perceptions in 2016 provides a "more detailed snapshot of online behaviors" and makes for interesting reading.
The survey comprised 1000 respondents who were interviewed either telephonically or online with headline findings identified by the UKGC as:
A 3 percent increase over 2015 in respondents who had gambled in the past four weeks to 48 percent or 33 percent if respondents who only played the National Lottery are excluded.
53 percent of men (2015: 50 percent) and 44 percent of women (2015: 41 percent) have gambled, of which 17 percent did so online.
Mobile and tablet device gamblers increased 10 percent to 43 percent.
23 percent of gamblers have read terms and conditions.
68 percent of 18-24 year olds have been influenced to gamble by adverts and posts on social media of which 0.7 percent of those that have gambled in the past 12 months were identified as problem gamblers (2015: 0.5 percent), with 5.5 percent identified as at-risk gamblers.
67 percent of respondents think people should have the right to gamble whenever they want.
78 percent of respondents feel there are too many opportunities to gamble nowadays, whilst 69 percent feel gambling is dangerous for family life.
"This report paints an important picture of how consumers in Britain choose to gamble — identifying emerging trends and potential risks to the public," James Green, programme director, said.
"Effective protections come from strong evidence. Our research puts us in a powerful position to better understand the needs of gambling consumers."
The full report can be read here: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-participation-in-2016-behaviour-awareness-and-attitudes.pdf

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Brian Cullingworth

Infopowa news was a staple of Casinomeister’s news from 2000 until 2019. Brian Cullingworth was the main writer, contributor, and was one of the most knowledgeable persons I have ever known involved in the online casino industry.

We first met in January 2001 at the ICE in London where I observed him going booth to booth interviewing online casino, software, and licensing jurisdiction representatives. Brian was also heavily involved with our forum as “Jetset“, he was involved as an informal consultant to eCOGRA, the OPA, and was a player advocate who assisted countless aggrieved players with his connections to industry folks. He also published “Casino Cautions” via Infopowa news for quite a number of years. These can be found in our news archives.

His passing in February 2019 was a dark day for us. He will be forever missed.


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