Table 2. Gambling behaviour.
| a. All participants | b. Those who gambled in both waves | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Combined | Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Combined | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Individuals who undertook each in the past 12 months | ||||||||||||
| Lotteries | 356 | 17.6 | 338 | 15.6 | 694 | 16.6 | 253 | 49.3 | 266 | 50.3 | 519 | 49.8 |
| Scratchcards | 371 | 18.9 | 285 | 14.0 | 656 | 16.4 | 255 | 50.2 | 227 | 45.2 | 482 | 47.7 |
| Private betting | 183 | 10.4 | 96 | 5.6 | 279 | 8.0 | 104 | 22.9 | 63 | 15.1 | 167 | 19.0 |
| Fruit/slot machines | 120 | 6.4 | 60 | 3.2 | 180 | 4.8 | 79 | 17.1 | 44 | 10.0 | 123 | 13.5 |
| FOBT | 36 | 2.3 | 21 | 1.1 | 57 | 1.7 | 24 | 5.9 | 15 | 3.2 | 39 | 4.6 |
| Online horse/dog betting | 137 | 6.9 | 95 | 5.1 | 232 | 6.0 | 93 | 18.3 | 81 | 17.7 | 174 | 18.0 |
| Online sports betting | 207 | 11.8 | 166 | 9.2 | 373 | 10.5 | 150 | 34.2 | 138 | 30.8 | 288 | 32.5 |
| Online casino/slots | 72 | 3.9 | 74 | 4.1 | 146 | 4.0 | 54 | 11.9 | 57 | 12.8 | 111 | 12.4 |
| Online bingo | 36 | 1.8 | 40 | 2.0 | 76 | 1.9 | 28 | 5.4 | 30 | 6.2 | 58 | 5.8 |
| Online other betting | 83 | 4.5 | 59 | 3.4 | 142 | 4.0 | 64 | 13.9 | 48 | 11.7 | 112 | 12.8 |
| Horse/dog racing (in person) | 127 | 6.5 | 31 | 1.6 | 158 | 4.0 | 81 | 16.5 | 28 | 5.7 | 109 | 11.1 |
| Sports betting (in person) | 43 | 2.5 | 26 | 1.6 | 69 | 2.1 | 31 | 7.2 | 22 | 5.7 | 53 | 6.4 |
| Other form of betting (in person) | 18 | 1.0 | 10 | 0.6 | 28 | 0.8 | 13 | 2.6 | 10 | 2.2 | 23 | 2.4 |
| Casino table games (in person) | 54 | 2.8 | 19 | 1.2 | 73 | 2.0 | 38 | 7.8 | 16 | 3.6 | 54 | 5.7 |
| Bingo (in person) | 124 | 5.3 | 36 | 1.5 | 160 | 3.4 | 77 | 13.0 | 31 | 5.2 | 108 | 9.1 |
| Poker | 20 | 1.1 | 25 | 1.4 | 45 | 1.3 | 13 | 3.0 | 23 | 5.4 | 36 | 4.2 |
| Football pools | 42 | 2.8 | 35 | 2.1 | 77 | 2.5 | 27 | 6.7 | 22 | 5.4 | 49 | 6.0 |
| Loot boxes | 214 | 12.1 | 196 | 10.7 | 410 | 11.4 | 84 | 18.1 | 76 | 17.1 | 160 | 17.6 |
| Skin betting (any) | 112 | 6.9 | 83 | 4.7 | 195 | 5.8 | 52 | 11.7 | 38 | 9.7 | 90 | 10.7 |
| Skin betting (external websites) | 73 | 4.2 | 59 | 3.1 | 132 | 3.6 | 35 | 7.3 | 29 | 6.8 | 64 | 7.0 |
| Skin betting (private) | 94 | 5.8 | 75 | 4.4 | 169 | 5.1 | 48 | 10.9 | 37 | 9.6 | 85 | 10.2 |
| Number of activities in past 12 month | ||||||||||||
| None | 1240 | 56.6 | 1391 | 66.0 | 2631 | 61.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 343 | 17.8 | 325 | 15.3 | 668 | 16.5 | 162 | 32.3 | 213 | 41.5 | 375 | 36.9 |
| 2 | 233 | 12.2 | 161 | 8.1 | 394 | 10.1 | 136 | 28.2 | 113 | 22.5 | 249 | 25.3 |
| 3 | 96 | 4.8 | 95 | 4.6 | 191 | 4.7 | 62 | 11.3 | 78 | 14.6 | 140 | 12.9 |
| 4 | 74 | 3.5 | 48 | 2.7 | 122 | 3.1 | 60 | 11.1 | 41 | 9.1 | 101 | 10.1 |
| Five or more | 94 | 5.3 | 60 | 3.4 | 154 | 4.3 | 77 | 17.1 | 52 | 12.3 | 129 | 14.7 |
| Gambled on at least one activity in past 12 months | 840 | 43.4 | 689 | 34 | 1529 | 38.7 | 497 | 100 | 497 | 100 | 994 | 100 |
| PGSI score | ||||||||||||
| Mean score | 2080 | 0.7 | 2080 | 0.6 | 4160 | 0.6 | 497 | 2.1 | 497 | 1.8 | 994 | 1.9 |
| SD | 2.84 | 2.57 | 2.71 | 4.79 | 4.34 | 4.57 | ||||||
FOBT = fixed odd betting terminals; PGSI = Problem Gambling Severity Index