The Gambling Commission’s quarterly participation and problem gambling survey has found that problem gambling levels fell to 0.3% in September. It’s the joint lowest figure on record since the survey began in 2016.
The phone survey, conducted by Yonder, uses the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI). September’s survey found that 0.3% of 4,009 respondents classified as problem gamblers, down from 0.6% in September 2020 and from 0.4% in June 2021. In men, the rate dropped from 0.8% in 2020 to 0.3%.
The percentage of respondents at moderate risk of gambling harm fell to 0.7%, the same level reported in the last quarterly survey in June. The total percentage of people at risk was down from 4% to 2.9%.
Overall gambling participation remained largely stable year-on-year with 42% of respondents saying they had gambled in the four weeks prior to the survey (28.3% excluding National Lottery).
The figure is, however, down considerably from 2019 when participation reached 46.7%. The National Lottery remained the most popular gambling product by far, with participation of 26.5%.
However, online gambling participation hit a high of 25% (17.7% not including National Lottery). In-person gambling participation fell from 28.6% to 23.9%, a long way from the pre-pandemic rate of 34.9%.
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