![]() COVID-specific influences on health, employment, leisure time and social isolation were moderately associated with problem gambling scores but were not independent predictors of changes in gambling engagement during lockdown. Although problem gambling within the sample generally declined, consistent with previous literature, it was also found that gambling online-among other biopsychosocial factors-was a significant predictor for classification as a problem gambler during the lockdown. Gambling platform was the only gambling engagement metric where increases were found with ~ 17% of the gambling sample migrating to online gambling during the lockdown. Qualitative perceptions of changes in gambling were examined and the accuracy of these reports were not closely aligned with actual changes in gambling. For the continuing gamblers, quantitative data indicated significant decreases in gambling frequency, time spent in gambling sessions, money spent, and the number of game types played. Nearly one-third of gamblers reported ceasing gambling altogether during the lockdown. Re-surveying this sample during the lockdown provided an opportunity to make quantitative comparisons of the changes. The AGRI National Project’s online panel participants ( N = 3449) provided baseline gambling data 6 months prior to the pandemic. The current study investigated the impact of the COVID pandemic lockdown on gambling and problem gambling in Canada.
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