Table 3.

Gambling Activities reported in the COVID-19 and 24-year questionnaires

	Gambling frequency
	Not at all	< weekly	>  = weekly
National lottery
COVID (n = 320)	145 (45.3%)	106 (33.1%)	69 (21.6%)
Age 24 (n = 2607)	939 (36.0%)	1487 (57.0%)	181 (6.9%)
P-value	0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Scratch cards
COVID (n = 316)	206 (65.2%)	90 (28.5%)	20 (6.3%)
Age 24 (n = 2605)	904 (34.7%)	1568 (60.2%)	133 (5.1%)
P-value	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.36
Online gambling
COVID (n = 320)	215 (67.2%)	74 (23.1%)	30 (9.7%)
Age 24 (n = 2579)	2235 (86.7%)	310 (12.0%)	34 (1.3%)
P-value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Online betting
COVID (n = 321)	221 (68.9%)	78 (24.3%)	22 (6.8%)
Age 24 (n = 2594)	1798 (69.3%)	651 (25.1%)	145 (5.6%)
P-value	0.87	0.76	0.36
Betting exchange
COVID (n = 319)	313 (98.1%)	< 5 (1.3%)	< 5 (0.6%)
Age 24 (n = 2585)	2476 (95.8%)	96 (3.7%)	13 (0.5%)
P-value	0.04	0.02	< 0.001
Spread betting
COVID (n = 319)	314 (98.4%)	< 5 (0.9%)	< 5 (0.6%)
Age 24 (n = 2579)	2533 (98.2%)	42 (1.6%)	< 5 (0.2%)
P-value	0.78	0.35	0.08
Private betting
COVID (n = 322)	279 (86.6%)	35 (10.9%)	8 (2.5%)
Age 24 (n = 2586)	2083 (80.5%)	490 (19.0%)	13 (0.5%)
P-value	0.008	< 0.001	< 0.001
Other gambling
COVID (n = 322)	303 (94.1%)	10 (3.1%)	9 (2.8%)
Age 24 (n = 2559)	2489 (97.3%)	60 (2.3%)	10 (0.4%)
P-value	0.002	0.40	< 0.001

Sample size represents those that said they have gambled on one or more activities