In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has reportedly published the results of a new survey showing year-on-year drops in the recent rates of both gambling participation and problem gambling.
According to a report from iGamingBusiness.com, the investigation detailed that only 41.6% of the British population had enjoyed some form of gambling entertainment over the course of the first five months of 2021, which represented a decline of 3.5% year-on-year. The source explained that the probe also found that the rate for June had annually decreased by 2.2% to just 28.3% when games from the National Lottery were excluded.
Extreme parallel:
The examination from the Gambling Commission, which was conducted via telephone, reportedly discerned that gambling rates had dropped across all gender and age categories although some of these diminutions had been statistically insignificant. The watchdog moreover purportedly asserted that June of last year saw the widespread closure of retail casino and sportsbetting venues owing to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic with the most recent numbers having been almost on a par with those from its previous assessment in December.
Sportsbetting subsidence:Gambling Commission’s probe reportedly showed sportsbetting at 5.5%, horserace wagering at 3.2% and online slots at 3.7% while iGaming titles posted a disappointing 1.1% with a small fall for bingo. The situation for the former activity purportedly got even wore when only in-person wagers were counted as the rate fell from 2.5% in 2019 to just 0.8% this time out.
Collapsing count:
On the bright side and the Gambling Commission’s investigation reportedly found that the proportion of those suffering from problem gambling over the course of the first five months of the year had fallen by 1.1% year-on-year to 3.1%, which was relatively static when compared with December. The watchdog correspondingly asserted that the percentage of the British population assessed as being at medium risk purportedly fell from 1.4% to 0.7% with the sharpest decline having been seen among the young.