![]() Gambling includes a variety of activities. Buying a lottery or raffle ticket was the most common gambling activity The results serve as an important baseline of gambling behaviour in Canada, permitting future monitoring of changes in gambling behaviour over time and possibly as a result of the new legislation. The data presented here were collected prior to the COVID -19 pandemic and prior to the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act, which legalized single-event sports betting in Canada in 2021. ![]() ![]() These gambling problems may include financial problems, but also feelings of guilt, stress and anxiety related to gambling. These results are from a new study entitled " Who gambles and who experiences gambling problems in Canada." It found that men, persons living in lower-income households, who were single, divorced or separated, who rated their mental health as fair or poor, or who participated in many different gambling activities were at higher risk of problem gambling. However, close to 2% of past-year gamblers were at a moderate-to-severe risk of gambling-related problems. ![]() The majority of people who gambled did so without harm. In 2018, nearly two-thirds (64%) of people aged 15 or older reported gambling at least once in the past year. Text - Selected Related information PDF (144 KB) ![]()
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