UK Gambling Commission Publishes GSGB Data on Scale of Illegal Online Gambling
The UKGC reports 0.6% of the population and 2.5% of recent online gamblers used illegal gambling sites in the past four weeks.Summary
The UK Gambling Commission has released new estimates from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) on consumer engagement with illegal gambling websites, published on 5 November and added to an updated Illegal Gambling Data Dashboard. According to the data, 94.4% of the overall population shows no sign of using illegal gambling sites, while 0.6% engaged with such sites in the past four weeks and 0.4% did so in the past 12 months but not the most recent four weeks. Among adults who gambled online in the past 12 months, 2.5% used illegal websites in the past four weeks and 1.5% did so in the past 12 months but not the past four weeks. Engagement is higher among males than females, and prevalence was greater among 18- to 24-year-olds over the full 12-month period, while 25- to 34-year-olds recorded more activity confined to the past four weeks. Sue Young, Executive Director for Operations at the Commission, said the regulator wants to "kick crime out of gambling" and noted that while overall engagement appears low and stable, a cohort of online gamblers who use these sites is more likely to experience harm. The dashboard will be updated every six months, with further measures added as the evidence base grows.
(Source：Sccg Management)