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. 2009 Nov 5;21(4):532–537. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp177

Table 2.

Prevalence of any gambling symptoms, prevalence of disordered gambling, mean gambling symptoms and involvement for gamblers who played each type of gambling (weighted N = 8968)

N (weighted)
Percentage of weight/any gambling symptoms
Percentage of weight/ 3+ gambling symptoms (disordered gamblers)
Mean no. of gambling symptoms
Mean no. of types of gambling (involvement)
Type of gambling F M Total F M Total F M Total F M Total F M Total
National lottery 2398 2400 4798 5.9 10.3 8.1 0.4 1.6 1.0 0.08 0.18 0.13 2.31 2.91 2.61
Scratch cards 866 771 1637 7.4 13.9 10.4 0.9 3.0 1.9 0.12 0.28 0.19 3.38 4.48 3.90
Other lottery 495 467 962 7.5 10.7 9.0 1.4 2.8 2.1 0.13 0.24 0.19 3.34 4.34 3.82
Football pools 66 207 273 12.1 15.9 15.0 1.5 4.3 3.7 0.18 0.37 0.32 4.23 5.30 5.05
Bingo 431 178 609 8.3 17.4 11.0 1.6 6.7 3.1 0.14 0.50 0.25 3.63 5.02 4.04
Fruit/slot machines 427 767 1194 8.2 13.8 11.8 1.6 3.3 2.7 0.15 0.30 0.25 4.14 4.75 4.53
Virtual gaming machines 56 157 213 16.1 30.8 26.9 5.4 13.4 11.3 0.48 1.04 0.89 6.37 7.30 7.05
Casino table games 81 245 326 11.1 19.0 17.1 1.2 6.5 5.2 0.15 0.51 0.42 5.28 6.23 6.00
Internet gambling 127 354 481 11.0 16.9 15.4 2.4 5.9 5.0 0.22 0.50 0.42 5.20 5.79 5.63
Betting on horses 565 891 1456 6.4 12.6 10.2 0.7 2.5 1.8 0.10 0.26 0.20 3.70 4.43 4.15
Betting on dogs 137 286 423 8.0 19.9 16.1 1.5 7.0 5.2 0.12 0.57 0.42 4.74 5.64 5.35
Other sports betting 126 405 531 12.7 18.1 16.8 1.6 4.7 4.0 0.20 0.44 0.38 5.24 5.71 5.60
Spread betting 9 49 58 11.1 29.2 26.3 11.1 16.3 15.5 0.53 1.14 1.05 10.54 8.60 8.89
Private betting 275 580 855 9.5 14.5 12.9 1.5 2.8 2.3 0.15 0.31 0.26 4.18 4.97 4.72
Other type of betting 15 23 38 0.0 13.0 7.9 0.0 8.7 5.3 0.00 0.51 0.31 3.14 4.73 4.10
Any gambling 2726 2801 5527 5.6 10.2 7.9 0.4 1.5 0.9 0.07 0.17 0.12 2.23 2.82 2.53

F = female; M = male; 541 participants did not answer DSM questions and thus were not included in this table