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. 2021 Dec 8;18(24):12946. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182412946

Table 4.

Participation in online gambling during lockdown.

Gambling Activity
(Land-Based and Online)
Past Year Participation (N = 301) Online
Participation
Online Gambling during Lockdown
Increased Same Decreased
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
NZ Lotto 255 (85) 127 (50) 28 (22) 76 (60) 23 (18)
NZ Scratch card 134 (45) 26 (19) 7 (27) 12 (46) 7 (27)
NZ Keno 44 (15) 31 (70) 4 (13) 18 (58) 9 (29)
NZ Track 63 (21) 22 (35) 3 (14) 9 (41) 10 (45)
NZ Sports 24 (8) 12 (50) 1 (8) 5 (42) 6 (50)
Non-NZ online 1 15 (5) 15 (100) 5 (33) 2 8 (53) 2 3 (20) 2
All activities 271 (90) 153 (56) 37 (24)2 101 (66) 2 41 (27) 2

1 Overseas online activities included gambling for money on online poker and other card gambling; events and sports races; virtual casino table games, electronic gaming machines and bingo; buying a loot box/crate/lockbox in a video game; or any other online gambling activity; 2 Reported if true for any gambling activity, hence percentages total greater than 100%.