Taking a more in-depth look at online gambling 2020 (Gambling Commission)
A research paper from the Gambling Commission
Abstract
To understand the impact of Covid-19 on the gambling market and consumers, we have been publishing regular updates based on operator and research data which provide more frequent insights into market impacts. In addition to these sources, another important piece of the evidence jigsaw is provided by our quarterly online survey. Like our telephone survey, this is run on a quarterly basis, but rather than deliver official statistics on participation and prevalence, it offers an opportunity to investigate online gambling behaviour (plus a range of other topics including marketing and advertising and safer gambling issues) in much more detail.
While we can’t know for certain what the trends in online gambling behaviour would have been if Covid-19 hadn’t arrived, we think it’s possible to detect the influence of the pandemic in our online survey data for 2020. In this release we delve into the online survey data for the year to 2020 to flesh out our understanding of the headline trends illustrated in our official stats, and to further illuminate the impact of Covid-19 on how people gamble. We intend to publish further releases in the coming weeks, looking at data on gambling advertising and safer gambling.
Citation
Gambling Commission, Taking a more in-depth look at online gambling (2020) [online] Available at: Taking a more in-depth look at online gambling - Gambling Commission [Accessed 10 February 2022]