The findings are based on a sample of approximately 4,000 respondents, with data collected between April and May 2023.

Definitions - Gambling participation: This is the number of 11-16 year olds who have gambled in the last seven days. This includes illegal types of gambling and legal types of gambling such as private bets for money, playing cards for money with friends or 16 year olds playing the National Lottery.

Gambling participation and problem gambling 2023

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Additional data sets in this series:

• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to March 2023
• Gambling participation and the prevalence of problem gambling survey: Experimental statistics stage
• Gambling behaviour in 2022: Findings from the quarterly telephone survey
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to Sept 2022
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to June 2022
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to March 2022
• Gambling behaviour in 2021: Findings from the quarterly telephone survey
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to Sept 2021
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to June 2021
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to March 2021
• Gambling behaviour in 2020: Findings from the quarterly telephone survey