There has been a backlash from some industry figures in response to the Gambling Commission’s recent request to Coinslot for a correction to a problem gambling statistic interpreted by the paper from the latest GSGB report.

In effect, the Commission stood firmly by its conclusion that “in 2024, 2.7% of adults aged 18+ in Great Britain scored 8+ on the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI)1, which is statistically stable compared to 2023.”

The Commission requested Coinslot to correct its interpretation, although the paper does maintain its challenge to the GC’s conclusion: that the 2.7 percentile is a misrepresentation of the GSGB statistics.

This view is supported a number of figures who have contacted Coinslot to raise this issue once again with the Commission. One observer stated: “Only 19k of 80k people who were asked to complete a survey on ‘gambling’ chose to do so. Of the 19k who completed the survey, 2.7% have a PGSI score of more than 8. Because only 19k (circa 20%) of the 80k asked to complete a survey on gambling actually did so, it is impossible to say with any confidence how much of the UK population these results actually represent. It could be 2.7% of 20% or maybe more.”

That argument supports the Coinslot position that the figure cannot be extrapolated across the UK population with accuracy when less than 1 in 5 gamblers participated in the survey.

Coinslot will raise the issue with the Commission once again in due course.