The Gambling increase due to the pandemic, stats, UK

[harizen]

It can not only be used by companies but government itself to provide better laws.

- 63% gamblers noted an increase in time spent gambling.
- 62% said their gambling habit remained the same despite the laws being more losse for some areas
- 12% reported an increase in their gambling habit

In other words, this shows that the European region, especially in the UK, is really a gambling-populated country even prior to the pandemic. Obviously, while everyone is lurking at home, we can notice that gambling activity there will increase its numbers whatever the category.

On the other hand, they also conducted a survey for those people who want to minimize their gambling activity and the results are:

- 43% by casual gamblers
- 57% by regular gamblers

It means that while the world is slowly going back on its business, people also slowly coming back to their main and usual activity that's not limited to gambling mostly.

[batang_bitcoin]

In other words, this shows that the European region, especially in the UK, is really a gambling-populated country even prior to the pandemic. Obviously, while everyone is lurking at home, we can notice that gambling activity there will increase its numbers whatever the category.

Yep, while the majority of the people not just in the UK are staying at home. There has to be an activity that they have to do to just bear with the sets of lock down and staying at home.
For those that preferred to have fun while staying at home, there are a lot of stats that showed that since last year, gambling has increased. It's not surprising while majority of the workforce have remained at home, there's still money to many of them that they can spend with through online casinos.

[darewaller]

Fact, no lie's about this one.
I want to use a close friend and I as a case study,we had too do whatever we could to make and stack up our pence.
Down my ends, the grown did more of Gambling than the younger, you'd see someone old enough to be your Grandpa Gambling I got moved and motivated if they would I can at my young age, although I had my limit say standards and followed them.

This survey or study happen in UK, but I am feeling this is true for many other countries as well, but sadly we have not authentic statics because I live in country where gambling is not allowed but during pandemic we have too many peoples involved in this and lost some good amount even they were not on jobs or having other activity, so this was excellent for them to spend time.

Living inside home with nothing is really difficult, so mostly peoples were doing gambling and some different things related to this which help them in this all pandemic. Now after end of this mostly peoples going back as normal and have nothing special with this all, very few still doing this all fun.

[chaser15]

Last year, there are already lots of reports about the UK noticeable seeing an increase of people doing gambling especially around 18 years old. It's not surprising with the current stats.

What I want to see is, now that most countries allowed most leisure activities, it might gives an impact on a decrease in the number of people doing gambling there.

The only ones who remained at gambling are those who are already gamblers before the pandemic.

[Hydrogen]

Gambling could be for know it alls who overthink everything. Those who always want to be right about everything. Gambling could be one career option those personality types are well suited for. Demographics who don't mind spending hours analyzing games and breaking down scenarios, to recognize consistent trends which can increase chances of winning at gambling. There are a small and select group of people who can consistently win at gambling.

The majority who view gambling as an avenue to easy money. Or escape from having to think about things, might not be as profitable over the long term.

It might be accurate to say, most who are determined not to think about things. Would have a very difficult time gambling successfully. It is an area that requires knowledge and critical thought to predict the correct outcome.

[Darker45]

With the rise of gambling comes the rise of gambling addiction. If this statistics are verifiable, the government should do something about it. Prevention is always better than cure. Efforts should be initiated in advance in order prevent gamblers from falling into addiction, a point of no return unless professional intervention is sought.

It is bothersome to note that while 57% of everyday gamblers want to curb their vice, a very high 42% of them don't know how to go about it. These are the real gamblers, the one who are more prone to addiction. The government should be proactive in providing these people appropriate services.

[aioc]

Now why the evaluation of data is important?
-It might provide an insight into how the government's laws are changing the way people Gamble. Which can be used to do research on various matters like gambling Addiction.

It can not only be used by companies but government itself to provide better laws.

- 63% gamblers noted an increase in time spent gambling.
- 62% said their gambling habit remained the same despite the laws being more losse for some areas
- 12% reported an increase in their gambling habit

The pandemic is an extraordinary time, what kind of law that they can create when people are on lockdown deprived of the things that they were doing, this pandemic is not yet over because the virus is evolving and it's targeting the immune system if they come out with laws for gamblers when there is another lockdown they should do it now, expect a rise of gambling activity when people are locked in their homes they have a data now and they should create more laws on gambling addiction, it's better to set up more helpline and campaign for its awareness when there is a lockdown, to lower the data.

[Findingnemo]

Probably that is the new normal, especially due to the pandemic most part of the world pushed themselves under lockdown to contain the spread of coivd which reduced the entertainment availability so people went with the available choice and gambling is one of them so there is no wonder though.

[dimonstration]

I want to know if this survey is all about the increase of gamblers in physical casino or in general including the online gamblers. My concern was due to Pandemic, I believe UK might reduce there Casino player capacity to minimize the virus transmission. I don't know if UK does this for virus prevention but I think the increase on gamblers is more on online casino which should be point out on the article.

[Vaskiy]

I want to know if this survey is all about the increase of gamblers in physical casino or in general including the online gamblers. My concern was due to Pandemic, I believe UK might reduce there Casino player capacity to minimize the virus transmission. I don't know if UK does this for virus prevention but I think the increase on gamblers is more on online casino which should be point out on the article.

On physical casinos the gamblers participation have decreased, but the increase is recorded on the online gambling platforms. During the pandemic majority of the business that had a well established online platforms boomed during the pandemic. Most offline business platforms developed their services online during the pandemic. Particularly the cryptocurrency usage have increased during the pandemic. This clearly portrays the increase is recorded with online gamblers, so specifying details about online gambling activities makes the article fulfilled.

[michellee]

Probably that is the new normal, especially due to the pandemic most part of the world pushed themselves under lockdown to contain the spread of coivd which reduced the entertainment availability so people went with the available choice and gambling is one of them so there is no wonder though.

That is why online life is increasing so high with enthusiasm from people to use the internet to do many things, including to make money for them and help them survive. This pandemic changes all people's lives and make many of them suffer because of losing their job. So they are starting to move on the internet as they see that some of their friends can really make money from it.

Some of them are playing gambling to make money, but not many are successful, while others are losing their money and become addicting to gambling.

[yazher]

I tried to reread the article again and felt that the writing of the author of the article looked ambiguous, the percentages generated from their research were really confusing. however if the data they produce is correct then this is serious homework for the UK government, they must urgently provide a healing place for those addicted to gambling during this pandemic.

Obviously, the new numbers are from those who have stuck in their homes during the last lockdown and they are probably don't know when to stop especially when they are feeling the excitement, and at the same time, they both win and lose. They really need to make some advertisement to counter the increase and to let them know how to be moderate on anything.

[davis196]

This research was conducted in the times of lockdowns.As we all know,lockdowns are a thing from the past.
I assume that there will be no lockdowns in the UK,since the vast majority of the UK population is vaccinated.
The lack of new lockdowns will change the habits of some gamblers,so they might reduce their gambling.
We all know that gambling(as well as all forms of addiction) is a form of escapism,so the people that suffer from such escapist addiction tend to increase the amount of time and money they waste on their addiction,when the times are more stressful.Increased levels of stress leads to increased desire to get easy dopamine in your brain,which leads to further sinking into addiction.

[Reatim]

This has been tackled even the start of 2021 that the pandemic season brings more Online gambling boomed .

we can actually find those proof inside this forum when so many gambling sites increases their wagering and even their income just this year alone.

we can also see that more and more competitions inside and out this forum conducted to favor gamblers for another funny experiences .

so indeed gambling really increases this pandemic .

[YOSHIE]

- 63% gamblers noted an increase in time spent gambling.
- 62% said their gambling habit remained the same despite the laws being more losse for some areas
- 12% reported an increase in their gambling habit

You are right the pandemic is annoying, I saw with my own eyes, there is no empty place, in cafes, public places, at home and anywhere, young people are all busy with online games/gambling, they don't care anymore what happens in their environment, busy with online gambling.

In the past, gambling in my area was relatively low, only certain people played online gambling, not now during the pandemic I can say 100% of the people are involved in gambling, this is a bad sign for future generations, what's more, they are still in school, misleading.

The authorities are tired of dealing with it all, even though reports keep coming, it's because gambling can be accessed quickly using an android phone, it's ironic that those who don't know gambling now are those who are more adept at betting.

[iv4n]

And I am not surprised here... what you expected to happen with all the lockdowns, quarantines, measures (vaccines, tests, passes...)? What other choice do people have than to turn to some online fun?!

Yes, we are seeing numbers are rising in online gambling, a bit old news, but still:

UK’s richest woman Denise Coates gets $648 mn pay from betting empire - The 53-year-old founder and chief executive officer of Bet365 Group
Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/uks-richest-woman-gets-648-m-pay-from-betting-empire/articleshow/81876875.cms

But we can't say it's just with online gambling... check numbers for Amazon, Netflix! Check crypto before the pandemic and now... Everything connected online got a lift, lower or higher! So it's not a surprise...

In my case, I gamble a bit less than before... but it's because I don't have free time as before, it has nothing with the pandemic, it's about little kids and all other family obligations, work! While some people have more free time they are spending at home and it's normal they to find some fun... is it gambling, or buying some equipment for some hobby or sports, music... maybe it's just more time for shopping online! Each of us should be free to choose how we spend our free time and money!

[rodskee]

I totally agreed on this post because I myself turns very active in gambling this past months specially last year when We were under hard lockdown and has to do nothing inside our houses.
we even communicate with friends finding gambling that will suit us and plays together against each others .
so Yes not only in UK but in the whole world i guess that the gambling turns a great business in totality .

[Jackl87]

The pandemic have been an extremely stressful event for the world and most people are having problems regarding jobs, money or something else or the other. The government has started implementing regulations in a way that it would not only profit them, but they are also gaining a lot of money from various activities and on the top we have Gambling.

Not only that the reports go deep so as how people took the personal experience.

However, many wished to reduce the amount of time they spend gambling, with 43% of those who gamble at least once a month expressing this desire, while 57% of the everyday gamblers also wanted to curb the habit — but at the same time, 42% stated they had no idea how to go about it.

Those stats are not really surprising as it is just in the nature of the people to get themself entertained and busy, because they don't know how to relax and do nothing anymore and because they could not go out of the house to do something outside they just looked for other stuff that they could do from their homes. Gaming also experienced a big increased during the pandemic and a lot of people also got themself a pet, so it's no wonder that also the gambling activity increased quite a bit during the lockdown.
The second stat that you posted is quite concerning for me, because the majority of people is saying that they want to reduce their gambling times. I'm pretty sure that a good chunk of those will not be able to reduce their gambling.

[smyslov]

I totally agreed on this post because I myself turns very active in gambling this past months specially last year when We were under hard lockdown and has to do nothing inside our houses.
we even communicate with friends finding gambling that will suit us and plays together against each others .
so Yes not only in UK but in the whole world i guess that the gambling turns a great business in totality .

Me too not only playing in the casino but since we are in lockdown me and my relatives and friends who just live in the opposite door gamble from for hours even late at night because we cannot go out and, and we are on vacation on our work there's a lot of time to gamble but now that things are easing out we have minimized our gambling activity to twice a week because of our work and responsibility.

[fortunecrypto]

The temptation to gamble during the pandemic is very high, you are on lockdown you are deprived of the liberty to go to places that you normally visit and you are deprived to do what you love doing outside, during lockdown you only have your computer and TV and the only thing that you can do is to watch TV, Movies play games and of course play in casinos, and all of these activities only gambling offers a way to enjoy the hours away and a chance to win, so you go to gambling, and this has been the experienced of many people during lockdown.