New research highlighting gambling participation and problem gambling rates in Scotland has been published. More than 4,000 people were interviewed for the Gambling Commission’s Participation and rates of Problem Gambling in Scotland Survey 2016.
Headline findings include:
- 66% of people in Scotland gambled (67.8% in 2015)
- 49% of people in Scotland (excluding those who had only played National Lottery draws) gambled in 2016 (49% in 2015)
- 12% of people in Scotland (excluding those who had only played National Lottery draws) had gambled online (12% in 2015)
- 1% of people in Scotland identified as problem gamblers (0.7% in 2015)
- 3.6% of people in Scotland are at low or moderate risk of developing problems with their gambling (4% in 2015)
- 1.3% of gamblers in Scotland identified as problem gamblers (1% in 2015)
- 4.9% of gamblers in Scotland are at low or moderate risk of developing problems with their gambling (5.5% in 2015)
- around 205,000 people in Scotland are identified as problem gamblers or at risk of developing problems with their gambling (210,000 in 2015)
Commission Executive Director Tim Miller said: “Whilst there has been a drop in the number of people at risk of becoming problem gamblers in Scotland, these figures show that there are still 205,000 people across Scotland who are problem or at-risk gamblers. As our recently published strategy makes clear, there needs to be a much greater focus on preventing gambling-related harm.
“We will continue to take action to make gambling fairer and safer and work closely with partners across Scotland. With our latest Licensing Authority statistics showing that there have been few licensing authority inspections in Scotland we will also support and encourage local councils to increase their inspections of gambling premises.”
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