Among women, addiction rates were 2%, with 4% in the at-risk category. The rate rises significantly among men, with 3.7% deemed to have a problem and 7.5% at risk, indicating that more than a 10th of men are either struggling with gambling or in danger of doing so. The online survey of more than 18,000 adults conducted in 2021 found that up to 2.8% of the population scored eight or higher on the problem gambling severity index, a measure used by experts to gauge harm suffered by individual gamblers.
