Exploring the relationship between gambling consumption and harms among regular
British gambling policy is grounded on the idea that only a small minority of people experience harms from gambling. This perspective does not consider the full spectrum of risk severity and how it relates to different levels of consumption (measured by expenditure, frequency, and number of activities). An international programme of work proposed a set of guidelines to support and encourage people to lower the risk from their gambling consumption (the Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines). This project uses data from a survey of people who gamble regularly (past 4 weeks) to evaluate the application of the Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines to adults in Britain. Risk curves and regression analyses are used to investigate the relationship between gambling consumption and harms. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis is used to identify a set of cut-offs that, when breached, are linked to higher risk gambling. These cut-offs will be compared to the Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines to further substantiate the applicability of the Guidelines to regular gamblers in Britain.
Project Duration: August - November 2025
Funder: GREO Evidence Insights