2012 UNCW Alcohol and Other Drug Survey
GAMBLING FACT SHEET
In In the past 12 months, how often have you?
Behavior
Never
Purchased lottery tickets, including scratch or instant
tickets
58.4%
Bet money on sports events
90.3%
Played poker or other card games for money
86.8%
Bet money on horse or dog races
97.7%
Played bingo for money
96%
Played slot machines or other electronic gambling
machines at a casino or bar
91.9%
Played casino table games (such as blackjack,
roulette, or craps)
95.3%
Purchased high risk stocks, options or futures or day
traded on the stock market
98.8%
Played sweepstakes or Internet Café Games for
money
97.9%
Less than 10
times
33%
(37.1% M,
31.4% F)
8.3%
(18.6% M,
4% F)
8.8%
(20.8% M,
4% F)
2.3%
(4.1% M,
1.3% F)
3.7%
(4% M,
3.7% F)
7.4%
(7.3% M,
7.6% F)
4.4%
(7.4% M,
3.3% F)
0.7%
(2.4% M,
0% F)
1.4%
(2.4% M,
1% F)
Once a Month
or More
8.6%
(11.3% M,
7.6% F)
1.4%
(4.8% M,
0% F)
4.4%
(12% M,
1.3% F)
0.3%
(0% M,
0.3% F)
0.7%
(0% M,
1% F)
0.3%
(0% M,
0.3% F)
0.5%
(1.6% M,
0% F)
0.7%
(0% M,
1% F)
Done any other type of gambling (please indicate)
95.81%
Other gambling included: betting on video game outcomes, betting on pick-up basketball games,
betting on “random things”, “Cee-Lo” (dice game), McDonalds Monopoly.
Of the students who indicated that they had participated in each gambling behavior, how many
participated in it on the internet?
Behavior
Purchased lottery tickets, including scratch or instant tickets (n=180)
Bet money on sports events (n=-42)
Played poker or other card games for money (n=58)
Bet money on horse or dog races (n=11)
Played bingo for money (n=21)
Played slot machines or other electronic gambling machines at a casino or bar (n=36)
Played casino table games (such as blackjack, roulette, or craps) (n=24)
Purchased high risk stocks, options or futures or day traded on the stock market (n=8)
Played sweepstakes or Internet Café Games for money (n=11)
Internet?
16.7%
14.3%
13.8%
27.3%
4.8%
16.7%
16.7%
12.5%
36.4%
Of the students who indicated any gambling behavior more than 10 times in the last 12 months (n=12, 5
men, 7 women):
Diagnostic Question:
Sometimes
Would you say that you have been preoccupied with
gambling?
Have you needed to gamble with larger amounts of money
to get the same feeling of excitement?
Have you gambled longer, with more money or more
frequently than you intended to?
Have you made attempts to cut down, control, or stop
gambling?
Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money
to gamble?
25%
Most of the time
& Almost always
0%
16.7%
8.3%
33.3%
0%
16.7%
16.7%
0%
0%
Demographics:
429 participants (21.5% response rate)
70.3% female, 23.9 male, 0.5% transgender
23.9% freshmen, 18.3% sophomore, 28.1% junior, 29.7% senior
21.2% 18 or younger, 31.7% 19-20, 29.6% 21-23, 17.5% 24 or older
90.7% Caucasian, 4.1% Hispanic, 3.5% African-American, 3.3% Native American