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PARTICIPATION IN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES

The Survey begins by looking at the population in general to determine who is gambling, how often, in what activities, at what venues and so forth.

Here are some highlights of that material:

- 68 percent of people aged 16 and over (about 32 million adults) said they participated in one or more gambling activities in the past 12 months compared to 72 percent (about 33 million adults) in 1999.

- There was a significant reduction in the proportion of the population who reported gambling in the past seven days, from 53 percent in 1999 to 41 percent in 2007; nearly all activities showed a small reduction, or no change, in levels of participation over this period.

- 5 percent of the general population had participated in six or more activities in the past 12 months.

- The British National Lottery is 3-4 times more popular than any other single gambling activity; for quite a high proportion of the population, their only gambling activity is the National Lottery.

- 6 percent of the general population participated in some form of online gambling in the past year; men are 3 times more likely to gamble online than women (men 9 percent, women 3 percent).

- Bingo was the only gambling activity which men were less likely to play than women (4 percent vs. 10 percent).

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