England survey finds 0.3% of adults meet clinical problem-gambling definition
A survey commissioned by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care found that 0.3% of adults in England met its clinical definition of problem gambling. The report says the survey linked gambling problems with mental-health symptoms and reported a 43% gambling participation rate in 2023/24, down from 66% in 2007.
The findings may inform operators’ and regulators’ responses to gambling harm and screening needs in mental-health services.