Table 1.
Characteristics of 25 older adult Gamblers
| Age at time of interview | |
| Range | 60–81 years |
| Mean (SD) | 66.2 (6.5) years |
| Age of onset of gambling | |
| Range | 9–50 years |
| Mean (SD) | 24.5 (10.6) years |
| Gender | |
| Male | 18 |
| Female | 7 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Chinese | 16 |
| Malay | 2 |
| Indian | 4 |
| Others | 3 |
| Highest Education Attained | |
| Primary | 2 |
| Secondary | 9 |
| A Level | 3 |
| Diploma | 3 |
| University degree and Above | 6 |
| Others | 2 |
| Marital Status | |
| Single | 2 |
| Married | 20 |
| Divorced/Separated | 1 |
| Widowed | 2 |
| Employment | |
| Employed | 2 |
| Unemployed | 15 |
| Retired | 6 |
| Largest amount of money gambled in a day | |
| More than $1.00 up to $10.00 | 3 |
| More than $10.00 up to $100.00 | 9 |
| More than $100.00 up to $1000 | 6 |
| More than $1000 up to $10,000 | 5 |
| More than $10,000 | 2 |
| South-Oaks Gambling Screen Scores (Lifetime) | |
| 0 (No problems with gambling) | 6 |
| 1–4 (Some problems with gambling) | 10 |
| 5 and above (Probable pathological gambling) | 9 |