The UK Gambling Commission has published its latest Gambling Participation survey covering the first three months of 2013.
The survey, which questioned 4,000 people, found that 0.4 percent of respondents played poker at a pub or club in the four weeks prior to being surveyed.
Of these 18 percent played twice a week or more, 24 percent played once a week, seven percent played once a month while 51 percent played less than once a month.
The survey also found
- An average of 58% of respondents had participated in at least one form of gambling in the previous four weeks. This compares to 57% in the year to December 2012.
- A larger proportion of male than female respondents had participated in gambling in the previous four weeks (63% of males and 54% of females).
- An average of 15% of respondents had participated in at least one form of online gambling in the previous four weeks. This compares to 14% in the year to December 2012.
- A larger proportion of male than female respondents had participated in online gambling in the previous four weeks (18% of males and 12% of females).
- If those respondents only playing the National Lottery online are excluded, the proportion of respondents who had participated in online gambling falls to 8%. This compares to the same figure of 8% in the year to December 2012.
In relation to how people gambled the survey found:
- Overall, 74% of past four week gamblers had gambled ‘in person only’. A further 14% had done so both ‘online’ and ‘in person’, and 12% had gambled ‘online only’.
- For participation in all individual activities, with the exception of betting on dog races, respondents were more likely to report that they gambled ‘online only’ than they were to report they did the activity both online and in person.
- Participating ‘online only’ was the most popular method of gambling for sports betting (joint with ‘in person only’), spread betting and casino games.
- Among past four week bettors, betting in person at a bookmakers was the most common option for all types of betting activity.
