Study Shows Online Gambling Habits

May 7, 2008

The UK Gambling Commission has released the results from an independent survey that shows that the majority of people participating in online gambling are males. They also found that the majority of those gambling are between the ages of 18 and 34.

The sample consisted of 8,000 adults participating in online gambling between June of 2007 and March of this year. They also found that 8.8% of those surveyed said that they had participated in online gambling in some form within the last month.

When they asked, 5.1% of those gambling said that they were participating in playing the National Lottery, with 6.3% saying that they had participated in last online gambling in the last month.

Most people participate in online gambling via their computer with laptop and handheld device coming in second and third respectively. More than 2% used some sort of mobile phone to participate in online gambling, and less than 2% used their interactive/digital television.

The Gambling Commission said that they are going to work on a new study to determine how much of that online gambling equates to online gambling addiction. They want to know what areas they are weakest in, so they know where to spend their addiction prevention budget.
 

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