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Who uses the internet to gamble? Findings from the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007 Mark Griffiths, Heather Wardle, Bob Erens, Jim Orford, Kerry Sproston
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Who uses the internet to gamble?
Findings from the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007
Mark Griffiths, Heather Wardle, Bob Erens, Jim Orford, Kerry Sproston
Internet Gambling – UK context“[Development of] remote gambling has provided the
biggest cultural shift in gambling in the past decade”(Griffiths et al, 2006)
• Estimated approx 1 million regular online gamblers (DCMS, 2006)
• Relatively little empirical evidence about who gambles online in the UK
British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007• Random sample of the British Population aged 16 and
over• Over 9000 respondents• Questionnaire domains included:
• Past year gambling participation• Past week gambling participation• DSM-IV & PGSI problem gambling screens• Attitudes to gambling• Socio-demographic correlates
Definitions and caveats
• Internet gamblers defined as:
“any gambling online, betting online or using a betting exchange”
Includes: use of WAP enabled technology
Excludes: Playing the National Lottery and related products online
Analyses• What is the socio-demographic profile of those using the
internet to gamble?
• How does this differ from other/offline gamblers?
• Does the overall gambling behaviour of online gamblers differ from offline gamblers?
Internet gamblers
0 5 10 15 20 25
Another lottery
Scratchcards
Football pools
Bingo
Slot machines
Horse races
Dog races
Other betting with a bookmaker
FOBTs
Online gambling
Table games in a casino
Spread betting
Private betting
Percent
Profile: gender
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10
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Men Women
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ent
Online gamblersOffline gamblers
Base: Past year gamblers
Men morelikely than women to gambleonline
Profile: age
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5
10
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16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
Perc
ent
Online gamblersOffline gamblers
Base: Past year gamblers
Profile: educational qualifications
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5
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35
40
Higher education(Degree level)
A-levels GCSE/ O levels Other None
Perc
ent
online gamblersoffline gamblers
Base: Past year gamblers
Profile: Socio-economic status
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Online gamblers Offline gamblers
Perc
ent
Routine and manual
Managerial/Professional/Small employers
Base: Past year gamblers
Online gamblersmore likely tocome frommanagerial andprofessionalhouseholdsthan offlinegamblers
Lifestyle behaviours: alcohol consumption
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Online gamblers Offline gamblers
Perc
ent
Drank more than double daily guidelinesDrank in excess of daily guidelinesDrank within daily guidelinesDid not drink in last 7 days
Base: Past year gamblers
Factors associated with using the internet to gamble• Multivariate logistic regression used to examine factors
associated with online gambling
• Comparator group was offline gamblers
• Non-gamblers excluded from the analyses to detect factor associated with choosing this method rather showing factors associated with gambling alone.
• Range of socio-demographic variables entered into the model
Factors associated with using the internet to gamble: resultsFactors associated with online gambling are:
• Gender• Odds for men 2.75 time higher than for women
• Age• Those aged 35 and over significantly less likely to
gamble online (odds 0.62 times lower for those aged 35-44 than those aged 16-24)
• Educational qualifications• Those with no educational qualifications have odds for
gambling online 0.54 times lower than those with a degree
Cont...
Factors associated with online gambling are:
• Socio-economic status• Those in routine and manual household less likely to
gamble online than managerial and professional households (odds 0.68 lower)
Alcohol consumption…• Odds of gambling online 2.4 times higher among
“double bingers” than non-drinkers
Factors associated with using the internet to gamble: resultsFactors NOT associated with online gambling are:
• General Health Status• Cigarette Smoking• Marital Status• Income• Ethnicity
Gambling behaviour of online gamblers…
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Online gamblers Offline gamblers
Per
cent
10 or more activities6 to 9 activities3 to 5 activities1 or 2 activities
Base: Past year gamblers
Onlinegamblers morelikely to be‘multipleInterest’gamblers…
Gambling behaviour of online gamblers…
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
National Lottery Draw
scratchcards
other lottery
football pools
bingo
slot machines
FOBTs
table games in a casino
horse races
dog races
other event/sport
spread betting
private betting
Percent
Online gamblersOffline gamblers
Frequency of play…Online gamblers report gambling more often than those gambling on most other activities…
% gambling at least 4 times a week
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0
Online gaming
spread betting
Online betting
FOBTs
(All online gambling)
dog races
horse races
other event/sport
slot machines
table games in a casino
scratchcards
bingo
private betting
National Lottery Draw
Percent
Problem gambling
• Problem gambling prevalence among online gambler = 5.0% (DSM-IV)
• Problem gambling prevalence among offline gamblers = 0.5% BUT represents a disparate group
• Online gamblers are more likely to answer positively to problem gambling items• 15% of online gambler answer positively to at least 1 DSM-IV item
and endorsed a greater number of items than offline gamblers
Who uses the internet to gamble?In Great Britain, associations with…
• Men;• Those aged under 35;• Those with higher educational attainment and those with a
managerial and professional occupation;• Those who drink excessively;• Multi interest gamblers who gamble on a range of activities;• Those who like to gamble frequently;
