Chris Snowdon

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1,117 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 1 Aug

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Last Orders - a spiked podcast · Leave gamblers alone | Last Orders · 19 Jul 2026 podcast

Um they basically went for a face-to-face health survey.

So the the gambling or problem gambling question used to be part of a much bigger health survey for England, um, which is carried out very good, you know, it's an official s accredited statistic.

And he would basically be invited to, you know, he'd be asked randomly, would you like to take part in the health survey for England about various health issues and and so on and lifestyle risk factors and so on.

on.

And about half the people asked would say yes to it.

Someone would turn up at their door.

Um there were ways of d fighting social social desirability bias and embarrassment and so on by they give them the thing and they could fill it out themselves.

So they wouldn't have to do it in front of a wife or children or anything like that.

So you get pretty accurate answers.

And then the gambling commission three years ago

Two years ago, two or three years ago, changed to an online version in which people would basically get an invitation, I think mainly by email, saying, Would you like to take part in the Great British gambling survey?

So straight away it was flagged up as being about gambling, not about being health, and you they'd insert a question about gambling.

It was explicitly about gambling.

And only 20% or less um of the people invited to do that.

That actually accepts it.

So straight away, you've got 80% of your sample is just missing from it.

And the 20% who

Did say yes.

were just more interested in gambling, right?

Because if you're if you're a gambler, if you especially uh probably if you're a prolific or problem gambler, you see, oh, somebody might gambling brilliant.

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