{"id":6408,"date":"2021-12-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/the-over-65s-is-the-age-group-that-saw-the-biggest-increase-in-online-gambling-activity\/"},"modified":"2021-12-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T00:00:00","slug":"the-over-65s-is-the-age-group-that-saw-the-biggest-increase-in-online-gambling-activity","status":"publish","type":"europe","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/the-over-65s-is-the-age-group-that-saw-the-biggest-increase-in-online-gambling-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"The over 65s is the age group that saw the biggest increase in online gambling activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has warned over a significant rise in the number of pensioners gambling online during the Covid-19 pandemic. It said that 624,377 more over 65s were gambling online at least once a month, with the proportion of pensioners gambling online rising from 8.7 per cent in the 12 months ending September 2019 to 13.5 per cent in 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">The RCP said that based on Gambling Commission data, the over 65s is the age group that saw the biggest increase in online gambling activity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">The number of people aged 45 to 54 who gambled online also increased significantly, while the number of 16 to 34-year-olds who gambled online actually fell by around 307,000.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">However, the proportion of over-65s gambling at land-based outlets fell from 20.1 per cent in 2019 to 16.2 per cent in 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones of the RCP said: &ldquo;The pandemic has shaken our lives in so many ways and these data show that many more older people are gambling online than were before the start of the pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\"><em><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">&ldquo;Not everyone who gambles will develop a gambling disorder, but some will. 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