Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Rapid Response July-December 2018 - Gambling

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_R001

The following questions are about various types of gambling activities. Please think about all forms of gambling done either in person or online, including lotteries, organized betting and casual wagers with friends.

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q005

In the past 12 months, how often have you purchased or played instant lottery tickets, such as scratch, break-open or pull-tabs, or played instant online games?

Include instant games only (exclude lotteries such as Lotto Max, 6/49 etc.).

• 1: Never
• 2: Less than once a month
• 3: Once a month
• 4: Two or three times a month
• 5: Once a week
• 6: Several times a week
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q010

And how often have you played or spent money on lottery or raffle tickets, excluding sports lottery tickets (in the past 12 months)?

This includes Lotto 6/49, Lotto Max, Daily Grand, provincial/regional lotteries, hospital lotteries, 50-50 tickets.

• 1: Never
• 2: Less than once a month
• 3: Once a month
• 4: Two or three times a month
• 5: Once a week
• 6: Several times a week
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q015

In the past 12 months, how often have you bet or spent money on electronic gambling machines, such as slot machines, VLTs, electronic blackjack, electronic roulette or video poker, either in person or online?

This refers to stand-alone machines and also includes electronic bingo machines, electronic craps, electronic keno machines, electronic racing machines. Include playing at any location, in any country.

• 1: Never
• 2: Less than once a month
• 3: Once a month
• 4: Two or three times a month
• 5: Once a week
• 6: Several times a week
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q020

Now, excluding electronic machine versions, how often in the past 12 months have you bet or spent money on casino table games like poker, blackjack, baccarat, or roulette? Please include any location, whether at a casino, a private residence, online or anywhere else.

This also includes, craps, mah-jong, sic bo, pai gow.

• 1: Never
• 2: Less than once a month
• 3: Once a month
• 4: Two or three times a month
• 5: Once a week
• 6: Several times a week
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q025

In the past 12 months, how often have you bet money on sports such as hockey, football, horseracing, billiards or golf including pools, sports lottery, and bets made with friends?

Includes sport lottery tickets (Proline, Sports Select, Mise-O-Jeu); e-sports (professional video game competitions); fantasy sports (point totals from a 'fantasy team' composed of players selected from different teams); virtual sports (computer generated competitions); and sports the person participates in themselves (e.g., billiards or pool, bowling, golf, darts).

• 1: Never
• 2: Less than once a month
• 3: Once a month
• 4: Two or three times a month
• 5: Once a week
• 6: Several times a week
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q030

In the past 12 months, how often have you spent money playing Bingo, excluding instant Bingo games?

This includes Bingo played while the numbers are drawn, such as at a bingo hall, excluding instant Bingo games like scratch tickets or electronic machine versions.

• 1: Never
• 2: Less than once a month
• 3: Once a month
• 4: Two or three times a month
• 5: Once a week
• 6: Several times a week
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q035

How often in the past 12 months have you bet or spent money on any other forms of gambling that have not been mentioned?

Examples include keno, animal fights, dog racing, non-casino card or dice games such as rummy or backgammon, video games, board games, television events (e.g., reality show winners), political events.

• 1: Never
• 2: Less than once a month
• 3: Once a month
• 4: Two or three times a month
• 5: Once a week
• 6: Several times a week
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q040

In the past 12 months, how often have you engaged in any speculative financial market activities such as day trading, penny stocks, shorting, options, currency futures, etc.?

Also includes betting on the direction or future value of a financial index (e.g., TSX, currency value) on a gambling website.

• 1: Never
• 2: Less than once a month
• 3: Once a month
• 4: Two or three times a month
• 5: Once a week
• 6: Several times a week
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q045

For the types of gambling that you reported participating in, has your involvement been in-person, online, or both?

Also includes online purchase of lottery tickets.

• 1: Online
• 2: In person
• 3: Both
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_R050

You may feel like some of the following questions do not apply to you; however, it is important that they are asked in this survey.

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q050

In the past 12 months, how often have you bet more than you could really afford to lose?

• 1: Never
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Most of the time
• 4: Almost always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q055

In the past 12 months, how often have you needed to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling of excitement?

• 1: Never
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Most of the time
• 4: Almost always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q060

(In the past 12 months), when you gambled, how often did you go back another day to try to win back the money you lost?

• 1: Never
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Most of the time
• 4: Almost always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q065

(In the past 12 months), have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?

• 1: Never
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Most of the time
• 4: Almost always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q070

(In the past 12 months), how often has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?

• 1: Never
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Most of the time
• 4: Almost always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q075

(In the past 12 months), how often have you felt that you might have a problem with gambling?

• 1: Never
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Most of the time
• 4: Almost always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q080

(In the past 12 months), how often has your gambling caused you any health problems, including stress or anxiety?

• 1: Never
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Most of the time
• 4: Almost always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q085

(In the past 12 months), how often have people criticized your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem, regardless of whether or not you thought it was true?

• 1: Never
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Most of the time
• 4: Almost always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Gambling (GAM) - Question identifier:GAM_Q090

(In the past 12 months), how often have you felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?

• 1: Never
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Most of the time
• 4: Almost always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK