More males than females gambling online, and the biggest age group is between 18 and 34.
 
The UK Gambling Commission has released its latest independent study results, presented by ICM Research. The omnibus study was carried out via a sample of 8 000 adults between June 2007 and March 2008.

Over the year to March 2008, 8.8 percent of the 8 000 adults surveyed said they had participated in at least one form of remote gambling in the previous month. Those participating in remote gambling remain more likely to be male than female, and are more likely to be aged 18-34. 
 
If those only playing National Lottery games remotely are excluded, 5.1 percent of respondents had participated in remote gambling.   Overall, 6.3 percent of respondents said they had gambled remotely on the National Lottery/tickets for the National Lottery draw in the previous month. 
 
Remote gambling via a computer, laptop or handheld device was the most popular form of remote gambling (7.1 percent of all adult respondents), followed by gambling via mobile phone (2.4 percent) and interactive/digital TV (under 2 percent).