Types of gambling played in the U.S. 2018

As of November 2018, the most common gambling type after 'any gambling' in the United States over the past year was the lottery. Comparatively, the types of gaming that were the least common in the U.S. amongst survey respondents were roulette, and craps or other dice games with 13 percent.

Most common gambling type over the past year in the United States as of November 2018

Type of gambling	Share of respondents
Any gambling	73%
Lottery	66%
Raffle	41%
Spending money at a casino	37%
Slots/gaming machine	32%
Card games	23%
Pull-tabs	21%
Bingo	20%
Sports event/outcomes	20%
Fantasy sports	17%
Online wager	15%
Horse or dog race	14%
Spinning wheel games	14%
Roulette	13%
Craps or other dice games	13%

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Release date

December 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

November 8 – 29, 2018

Number of respondents

3,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

additional surveys were conducted to bring the number of participants up to 500 adults per state, plus 200 sports bettors, for a total of more than 28,000 responses

Method of interview

Online survey

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