Table 1.
Description of gamblers and monthly gambling activity
| N = 10,000 | |
|---|---|
| Age (years)a | 44 [19–92] |
| Maleb | 6819 (68.2%) |
| Age of account (months)a | 46 [1–183] |
| Total stake per month (euros)a | 12 [0–3918] |
| Number of bets per montha | 2 [0–1351] |
| Total deposit per month (euros)a | 9 [0–1749] |
| Biggest deposit in a single day (euros)a | 8 [0–534] |
| Number of gambling days per montha | 1 [0–30] |
| Number of different games playeda | 1 [0–44] |
| Use of bonuses (frequency)c | 6.1% ± 13.3% |
| Chasing proxy (frequency)c | 6.5% ± 14.8% |
| Percentage of delayed lottery betsc | 50.0% ± 34.8% |
Note. Gambling indicators were averaged for each gambler over the 12 months before computing the descriptive statistics. Consequently, the numbers in this table are based on the monthly average activity of each gambler.
a
Median [range].
b
Frequency (%).
c
Mean ± standard deviation.