Fewer Adults in New Poll Say They Gamble

Fewer Americans Are Gambling, Even as New Markets Rise

Americans seem to be cooling on games of chance. A new Gallup poll finds that 45% of adults say they've gambled in the past year, down sharply from 64% a decade ago and 63% in 2007. Buying a state lottery ticket remains the go-to move, with 31% of those polled...

Fewer American adults say they’re gambling

In a new survey, 45 percent of adults said they participated in at least one form of gambling in the past year, down from 64 percent in 2016.

Fewer US adults gambling than a decade ago, poll shows

The United States has seen a steep decline in gambling over the past decade, a surprising result given the proliferation of online sports betting. A Gallup poll found just 45% of people had partaken in one or more forms of gambling over the past year, compared to 64% in 2016. Previous polls going back to 2003 had the proportion of people who partook in gambling hovering steadily around two-thirds of the population, only to plummet to less than h…

Poll finds fewer American adults gamble than a decade ago

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Fewer adults in new poll say they gamble

Fewer American adults are gambling than a decade ago, according to a new poll. In the Gallup poll, 45 percent of respondents said they had taken part in one or more forms of gambling over the past year, down from 64 percent a decade ago and 63 percent in 2007. Among respondents’ gambling activities in…

Less Americans May Be Gambling — But Are Polls Telling The Full Story?

Americans are now much less likely to participate in gambling-related behaviors than they were 10 years ago, according to a new Gallup survey.