More Gamblers in UK
The full licensing and legalization of online casinos in the United Kingdom
several years ago has led to increased rates of remote gambling. The latest
survey research indicates that more adult gamblers than ever before are taking
advantage of all of the gambling choices in the UK market. The research results
particularly report that last year’s results indicate that more UK gamblers are
using the internet to participate in the national lottery. Although more and
more gamblers are signing up for the online casino gambling sites as well, the
really significant change was seen in the figures of lottery gamblers using the
internet.
The UK Gambling Commission quarterly surveys a random sampling of UK citizens to
asses the number of UK residents who are taking advantage of the extensive
licensed online casino gambling and gaming industry operating in the UK. The
four quarterly results are averaged at the end of the year to indicate a rough
tally of the amount of online gambling taking place that year. Last year’s
results indicated that gambling at the internet casinos and National Lottery was
growing. The startling results for the first quarter of the year indicate that
internet gambling in the UK has increased at a high rate.
Each year the percentage of remote online casino gambling participants increased
but this year is the largest increase – 9.9 percent total and .2 percent over
the previous year’s results. These figures just indicate the number of gamblers,
not anything related to problem gambling or any such thing. |