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The Gambling Behaviour Quarterly Telephone Survey produces overall official statistics estimates of gambling participation, prevalence of problem gambling and perceptions of gambling based on a set of questions commissioned by the Gambling Commission in a standalone telephone survey conducted by Yonder. The findings from the survey allow the Gambling Commission to make informed policy decisions and be the authoritative voice on gambling statistics.

The survey is conducted on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December each year with approximately 1,000 interviews conducted per quarter. The sample is nationally representative (in terms of age, gender and region) of adults aged 16 and over. Each quarterly survey captures past four-week gambling behaviour and results are reported on a rolling year average of the four quarters in the year to reduce the effect of seasonal variations in gambling behaviour.

Main Topics:

The survey covers the following key measures:

• past four-week participation in a range of gambling activities
• mode of play on individual activities
• frequency of play
• problem gambling (collected using the short-form Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI))
• perceptions and attitudes towards gambling