A new report into the fiscal benefits and costs of gambling in Great Britain has estimated the current problem gambling rate to be 0.7% of the population, higher than the previous figure published by the Gambling Commission.
In October 2022, the Gambling Commission released its latest gambling participation and prevalence survey, in which it said the overall problem gambling rate was 0.3%, the same as it had been in September 2021.
However, new research from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, funded by the Gambling Commission, suggested this figure was higher.
Fiscal burden of problem gambling rate
Focusing on the fiscal burden to the Exchequer associated with harms arising from problem gambling, The Fiscal Costs an…
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