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The Study Breakdown

With the results of the Gambling Prevalence Study officially released, the online casino and land-based gambling and betting industries are ready for some changes. Many in the industry were prepared for an increase in problem gambling in the UK, but in fact the prevalence was the same as eight years ago – a very significant find considering the intensely negative campaigning from some watchdog groups that are against the spread of online casinos and gambling activities. The UK Gambling Commission has reported the study’s results, as well as comparisons to problem gambling in other countries.

National lottery gambling, online casinos and land-based gambling, and betting are both included in problem gambling statistics. Norway came out on top of the problem gambling comparison with 0.2 percent prevalence – the least amount of problem gambling out of all of the countries with reported problem gambling statistics. Then Canada and New Zealand just barely beat out Britain with 0.5 percent problem gambling. Britain tied with Sweden at 0.6 percent, and was better than the rest of the counties with reported statistics. Switzerland is at 0.8, Iceland at 1.1 percent, South Africa at 1.4 percent, and then comes the three countries with the highest reported numbers of problem gamblers. The United States comes in at 3.5 percent, Singapore at 4.1 percent, and Hong Kong at 5.3 percent.

Of note though is the fact that there is no international standard concerning determining problem gambling statistics. Some countries have used the DSM IV, others have employed other methods. Because of the discrepancies in methodologies exact comparisons of statistics is not entirely applicable. Also to consider is that the type of problem gambling is different in each country as there are different laws. Some report problem gambling within the online casino industry, others more so in betting sectors of the industry.