Respondents were asked to comment on their gambling frequency in the 30 days before COVID-19 restrictions (February 2020/before COVID-19) and in the 30 days before completing the survey (May-July 2020/during COVID-19).
All respondents had previously participated in gambling with 79 percent reporting having spent money on gambling at least once a week.
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Gambling frequency before and during the coronavirus pandemic in Australia 2020
In 2020, ** percent of respondents to a survey on gambling habits before and during the coronavirus pandemic indicated that they gambled more than **** times a week during the pandemic. During the pandemic, the number of people gambling less frequently appears to have dropped slightly, however high frequency gambling has increased.
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