Trust in Industry Lowest Ever<\/strong><\/h2>\nHowever, despite widespread fears about problem gambling rates among young people, the disorder is far more prevalent among older age groups, according to the survey, with those between 35 and 44 years of age notching up the highest rate, at 1.1 percent.<\/p>\n
The short-form survey also suggested a decline in the condition among those aged 25 to 34, with 0.9 percent considered to have a problem, down from 1.2 percent in 2017. Rates among 16 to 24 year-olds were also down, from 1.0 percent in 2017 to 0.9 percent in 2018.<\/p>\n
Other takeaways included that public perception of the industry is at an all-time low, with just 30 percent saying they believed it was fair and could be trusted, down from 33 percent last year. Meanwhile, 38 percent said they associated the industry with criminal activity.<\/p>\n
Sixty-two percent said that people should have the right to gamble whenever they want, while 79 percent said there were too many opportunities to gamble in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Problem gambling in the UK may have dipped slightly in 2018, according to new figures from the country\u2019s gambling regulator, the UK Gambling Commission — but then again, they may not have. While the regulator\u2019s annual Gambling Participation: Behaviour, Awareness and Attitudes survey found that participation in gambling was likely to have risen slightly, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":99852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13592,18943],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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