Online gambling activity participants Great Britain 2021

This survey shows a distribution of online gambling participants in Great Britain from 2017 to 2021, by type of gambling activity. According to the source, 14 percent of respondents participated in online National Lottery draws as of September 2021, while 4.9 percent participated in online sports betting.

Share of online gambling participants in Great Britain from 2017 to 2021, by type of gambling activity

Characteristic	National Lottery draws	Another lottery	Bingo*	Football pools	Horse races	Dog races	Sports betting**	Betting on other events**	Virtual dog or horse races	Spread betting	Casino games***
Year to Sep 2017	8.6%	4.6%	1.2%	0.9%	1.8%	0.3%	4.9%	0.8%	0.1%	0.3%	1.2%
Year to Sep 2018	8.7%	4.9%	0.9%	0.8%	2%	0.5%	4.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.3%	0.9%
Year to Sep 2019	9.8%	5.8%	0.6%	1%	2.7%	0.4%	5.6%	0.7%	0.3%	0.3%	1.2%
Year to Sep 2020	12.4%	7.1%	1.2%	1.1%	2.1%	0.3%	4.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	1.1%
Year to Sep 2021	14%	8.3%	0.7%	0.7%	2.6%	0.2%	4.9%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.8%

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

2017 to 2021

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

participation in the past four weeks; respondents participated either only online or had participated both in person and online

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

*The definition of bingo includes games played at a club or online.
**Betting can include those bets made online, by telephone, or in person, with a bookmaker or a betting exchange.
***The definition of casino games includes those games played in a casino or online.

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