by Renee Israel
The UK Gambling Commission published the results of its latest broad survey conducted in the 12 months leading up to March 2010 and found that the average number of gamblers in the country dipped slightly.
The Commission took data from over 8,000 participants from March 2009 to 2010 in a bid to compare examine the rate of gambling activities.
It was found that 54.7% of the respondents took part in some form of gambling activity (online or offline) in the four previous weeks, slightly lower than the 55.2% recorded in the previous survey.
The most popular gambling activity among UK citizens remains the National Lottery (45% of respondents).
This is followed by National Lottery scratch cards at 10.5%, social lotteries (just under 10%), and then betting on horse races, private betting and fruit machine gambling.
In the section that examines UK gamblers' online or remote gaming participation, it was found that 10.7% of the adults in the survey said that they had taken part in some type of remote gambling.
Half of this was made up of players who enjoyed playing the National Lottery via remote means such as the internet.
As usual, more males than females participated in remote gambling pastimes, with the typical age group ranging from 18 - 44.
When it comes to remote gambling, the internet remains the most popular means, followed by mobile phones and digital TV.
