With all the concern about how much the British public are spending on gambling, a new study has found we are not so addicted to gambling as we are to pizza!
UK gamblers are spending “more on a pizza than a punt” study finds
UK gamblers on average spend more on dining out and on their regular streaming subscription services that they do on having a flutter, new data suggest.
DoTrust gambling consultancy reported that over an average month, British adults spend approximately £41 on gambling and betting compared to £47.53 on TV and media, restaurants £45.67 and food deliveries of an average spend of £43.97.
The dataset was taken from banking details of just over 300,000 UK based consumers and covered the year ending 1st April 2024.
According to DoTrust chief executive and founder Charles Cohen, this analysis is yet another piece of the puzzle running contrary to the anti-gambling lobby’s narrative that a broad swathe of the public is in the grip of gambling addiction. It rather suggests that gamblers enjoy the pastime “as part if a health mix of different activities and socialising.”
“Money talks and in this case, it eats too, since people spend more on pizza than a punt” he added. “Gambling does not appear to encroach on other activities or be associated with a particularly stay at home lifestyle.
