Statistical Look at the Industry

The British are an example of how a country that wants to deal with the phenomenon of online gambling should act. Not necessarily that every country should blindly allow, regulate and even promote the sites, but that the policy designed to handle gambling be well thought out and based on reason and reality. To know what you are up against, you must want to know. This is why the recent statistical data released by UK authorities with regard to the industry is admirable and should be emulated by other countries around the world.

What do these statistics say? The UK Gambling Commission has found that the percent of British adults who participate in gambling is eight. About one in 12 have played poker, the national lottery or any other games in the past month at least once. The national lottery makes up for about a quarter of these gamblers. Ninety two percent of British adults did not participate in any online casino game. Surprising findings? High? Low? What is definite is that they are helpful to best understand the gambling habits and the reasoning behind the government policies.

The statistical research will help, a Commission spokesperson said, provide context to anyone who is involved in the industry. On the Commissions behalf, it means better distinguishing the various methods of gambling, namely the difference between using computers, mobile phones and television. The popularity of each of these forms of gambling at online casino sites is 5.2 percent using computers, 2.2 percent using mobile phones and 1.7 percent using interactive televisions. Technology that serves gambling is certainly diverse and British are using every form available for it. In terms of offering the services over these media and in terms of blocking them from underage gamblers, these numbers will come in hand.