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) |
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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