The study released by the UK Gambling Commission today - 19 September 2007 - shows that the gambling problem has not increased in the last 8 years, despite the contradictory opinions of “many experts” that warned of the “unlimited dangers” of the online gambling issues.
Some essential issues of the report :
- 68% of the population, that is about 32 million adults, had participated in some form of gambling activity within the past year. This compares to 72% (about 33 million adults) in 1999.
- For around 10 million people, their only gambling activity in the past year had been participating in a National Lottery draw. In 1999 this figure was 11 million.
- 6% of people used the internet to gamble (3% did online gaming like playing poker or casino games and 4% placed bets with a bookmaker)
- The rates of problem gambling in the adult population was about 0.6%, this equates to about 284,000 adults. This is the same percentage of the population the same screen identified in 1999.
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