UK Releases Results of Latest Gambling Survey - 05-06-08

May 6 - An independent survey taken out by the Gambling Commission in the United Kingdom revealed some interesting facts about the online gambling public in the country.

The study, taken out over an eight month period between June 2007 and March 2008, covered 8000 participants over the age of 18, thought to be representative of the broad spectrum of ages and background in the country.

Among the results of the gambling survey, it was shown that 8.8% of those interviewed took part in some form of remote gambling within the past year. This gambling was mostly done via laptop, computer or a handheld device (7.1 %), or else via mobile phone (2.4 %) and digital television (less than 2 %).

An interesting fact was that more men than women took part in online gambling activities and, in general, the typical age group within which an online player falls is the 18 - 34 group.

The UK National Lottery Draw is a huge attraction for online players, according to the gambling survey. Among those who were interviewed, over 6% said that they had played the lottery within the past month.

Meanwhile, it was reported that the Gambling Commission is gearing up for its major British Gambling Prevalence Study in 2010. This study, which was commissioned in 1999 and 2007 in the past, is a sweeping, large-scale research on the participation of British players in all types of gambling, as well as the depth of problem gambling within society.

The Commission is hoping to see how the country's new gambling regulations have affected society and whether they have managed to bring problem gambling down.

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