Key points:

• In 2024, just under three-fifths of adults (57%) said they had gambled in the last 12 months, continuing the decreasing trend between the 2010 and 2016 surveys (80% and 67%, respectively).
• The most popular method of gambling in 2024 was in person, with 47% of adults having gambled in person in the previous 12 months, while less than a quarter (23%) had gambled online.
• ‘Tickets for National Lottery draws’ was the most popular gambling type in 2024 with more than a third (35%) of adults reporting that they had purchased tickets in the last 12 months.
• The majority of adults (88%) were considered to be a ‘non-problem gambler’ based on their Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) score in 2024, however, 3% were considered to be a ‘problem gambler’.
• For the majority of adults in 2024 (63%), attitudes to gambling are unfavourable. The proportion of adults who have a favourable attitude to gambling (29%) has decreased when compared with 2016 (33%) but is similar to 2010 (27%).
• Almost nine in every ten adults (89%) had never bet on a Sunday. One in twenty adults had bet rarely or occasionally on a Sunday (both 5%), with only 1% stating that they bet frequently on a Sunday.