The UK Gambling Commission recently published quarterly data collected by ICM Research pertaining to remote gambling for the year to March 2009.

Of the 8000 respondents queried this time around, 9.9 percent said they participated in one form of remote gambling—done through a computer, mobile phone or interactive/digital TV, according to the Gambling Commission.

Amongst the Key Findings in the report:

- Over the year to March 2009 (ie an average of figures for June 2008, September 2008, December 2008 and March 2009), 9.9 percent of the 8,000 adults surveyed said they had participated in at least one form of remote gambling (through a computer, mobile phone or interactive/digital TV) in the previous month.

This compares with the 2008 calendar year figure of 9.7 percent, the 2007 calendar year figure of 8.8 percent and the 2006 calendar year figure of 7.2 percent. 90.0 percent of respondents said they had not participated in any form of remote gambling. Where figures do not add to 100 percent it is because respondents refused to answer or answered 'don't know' etc."

- Those participating in remote gambling remain more likely to be male than female, and are more likely to be aged 18-44.

- The growth in participation in remote gambling is explained largely by increased online participation in the National Lottery.

If those only playing National Lottery games remotely are excluded, 5.6 percent of respondents had participated in remote gambling in the year to March 2009, compared with 5.6 percent in 2008, 5.2 percent in 2007 and 5.1 percent in 2006.

Overall, in the year to March 2009, 7.5 percent of respondents said they had gambled remotely on tickets for the National Lottery draw in the previous month (either only or in addition to other types of gambling activity).

- Remote gambling via a computer, laptop or handheld device was most popular (8.2 percent of all respondents), followed by gambling via mobile phone (2.8 percent) and interactive/digital TV (2.1 percent).

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