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Respondents who engage in at least 30 minutes of physicalactivity, 5 times per week.

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With an average Body

Mass Index (BMI) of

31, slots players had

the largest average

BMI of all the casino

game preferences.

A BMI of 31 is outside

of what is considered

to be healthy.

BMI of 31 is well above

the average in the UK

which is currently 27.

A graph showing average BMI across different casino game preferences.

Graph showing the percentage of different groups of casino players who drink

more than the recommended limit of alcohol per week.

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Graph showing percentage of different casino

players who do meet physical activity guidelines.

Graph showing percentage of different

casino players who regularly smoke.

Regardless of what games our respondents played, the most popular way to play games was using a desktop computer.

Gender split of respondents categorised by casino game preference.

Booze, Bets and BMI

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It is advised by the Department of Health that men should not drink more than 21 units of alcohol per week and that women should drink no more than 14 units per week.

The data showed that with the exception of poker

and 'other', UK casino players are nearly 4% more

likely to smoke than the average UK citizen.

Poker players were the most physically active in our survey.

Conversely, slots players were the least likely to meet the government guidelines for exercise.

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Casino players

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Male Female

SPIRITS 40%25ml = 1 units

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(Single)

Video Poker Slots

AgeAgeAge

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38

Other Pai GowVideoPoker

BlackjackBaccaratSlots RouletteCraps/Dice Poker

Average age of respondents categorised by casino game preference.

Percentage of total respondents categorised by casino game preference.

Roulette Pai GowBaccaratPoker Craps/DiceSlots Other

C�ino Game PreferenceC�ino Game PreferenceC�ino Game Preference

0.6%51.3% 14.7% 10.0% 2.8% 0.7% 0.4%

http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp?introPage=intro_3.html

http://gamapserver.who.int/gho/interactive_charts/ncd/risk_factors/bmi/atlas.html

http://bma.org.uk/news-views-analysis/news/2012/may/obesity-engulfs-the-nation

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/reducing-harmful-drinking

http://ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_106.pdf

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/fitness/Pages/physical-activity-guidelines-for-adults.aspx

http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Alcohol-unit-calculator.aspx

Craps/Dice

66.7%

33.3%Pai Gow

61.5%

38.5Other

66.7%

33.3%Poker

60.4%

39.6%Blackjack

58%

42%

46.2%

53.8%

46.7%

53.3%Baccarat

62.7%

37.3%

Copyright © 2014 Jackpot Gaming Limited

About the survey

On the Jackpot.co.uk website and its associated network of gaming sites, we ran a questionnaire

asking casino players a series of health-related questions. Out of the 3,000 respondents, 869

were removed due to respondent error or incomplete responses.

The remaining 2,131 clean responses were divided into 9 categories based on the casino game

type the respondent played most often. We then tabulated all health and casino activity under

each corresponding casino game.

http://www.jackpot.co.uk/A full copy of the research paper can be found at:A full copy of the research paper can be found at:A full copy of the research paper can be found at:

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Roulette

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47.7%

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Female