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<p>The Gambling Commission’s <em>Gambling participation in 2019: behaviour, awareness
and attitudes</em> report found statistically significant increases from 2018 in the
proportion of people saying that gambling should be banned (25% to 29%), that it should
be discouraged (58% to 62%) and that there were too many opportunities to gamble (79%
to 82%). Respondents most frequently said that news on TV (40%) had informed their
opinions, followed by personal experience (31%) and newspapers (26%).</p><p /> <p>Gambling
remains a widely popular activity and the report also found that rates of gambling
participation were stable year on year, with 47% of the population having participated
in any form of gambling in the last four weeks, or 32% excluding the National Lottery.
While participation among 16-24 year olds had increased by 4%, this was not a statistically
significant change. The single age group most likely to have gambled was 45-54 year
olds, with a 53% participation rate.</p><p /> <p>Rates of problem gambling have been
stable at under 1% of the adult population in Great Britain since 1999. The problem
gambling rate as measured in the Health Survey England 2018 was 0.5% of the adult
population.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to review the Gambling Act
2005 to make sure it is fit for the digital age. As part of this review we will consider
relevant research and statistics, such as the Gambling Commission report. We will
announce further details in due course.</p><p> </p>
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