Overview
Black American Gambling Data
Here, you’ll find a summary of problem gambling research data specific to Black American Gambling from our Resource Library. For more information click research citation links.
For quick reference, data topic categories on this webpage include:
- General Black American Data
- Co-Occuring Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Data
- College and Young Adult Data
- Socioeconomic Data
- Sports Betting Data
- Protective Factors
- Risk Factors
- Recommendations
General Black American Gambling Data
2013
- Of Blacks who gamble, they have higher rates of frequent gambling and problem gambling than whites/others (Barnes et al., 2013).
2011
- 67% of Blacks have gambled in the past year (Welte, 2011).
- 25% of Blacks frequently gamble (Welte, 2011).
- 5% of Blacks struggle with gambling harm (Welte, 2011).
- The odds of frequent gambling are higher for blacks and Native Americans than for whites (Welte, 2011).
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Black American Co-Occurring SUD Data
2013
- Of Blacks who gamble, they have higher rates of frequent gambling and problem gambling than whites/others (but lower rates of heavy drinking and alcohol abuse/dependence) (Barnes et al., 2013).
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Black American College & Young Adult Data
2013
- Of Blacks who gamble, they have higher rates of frequent gambling and problem gambling than whites/others (but lower rates of heavy drinking and alcohol abuse/dependence) (Barnes et al., 2013).
2010
- 60% increased odds of heavy gambling for those identifying as black (yet a 70% decrease in odds of drinking or heavy drinking) (Barnes, 2010).
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Black American Socioeconomic Data
2013
- Black Americans have lower odds of being a gambler as compared with all other race/ethnic groups (Barnes et al., 2013).
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Black American Sports Betting Data
2021
- 32% of Blacks participate in sports betting (NCPG, 2021).
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Black American Protective Factors
- Be a non-gambler (Mazar et al., 2018)
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Black American Risk Factors
- Identifying as Black (OASAS, 2020) (Barnes, 2017) (Welte, 2011)
Research Recommendations
2024
- Targeting the social networks of heavily involved black male recreational gamblers and at-risk gamblers could be an important focus of preventing problem gambling (Mazar et al., 2018).
- Prevention Focus:
- Gamblers need to be aware of the normalizing effect that their social group has on their own gambling behavior (Mazar et al., 2018).
- Friends and family of regular gamblers need to be aware of the facilitative role they have on that person’s gambling (Mazar et al., 2018).
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Citation
National Council on Problem Gambling. (2021). National Detail Report National Survey on gambling attitudes and … http://www.ncpgsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NCPG_NGAGE-Natl_Detailed_Report-Public.pdf (Link to Research)
Mazar, A., Williams, R.J., Stanek, E.J. et al. The importance of friends and family to recreational gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling. BMC Public Health 18, 1080 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5988-2
Barnes, G. M., Welte, J. W., Tidwell, M. C., & Hoffman, J. H. (2013). Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Problem Gambling and Alcohol Abuse. Journal of behavioral addictions, 2(2), 82–89. https://doi.org/10.1556/JBA.2.2013.004. (Link to Research)
Welte JW, Barnes GM, Tidwell MC, Hoffman JH. Gambling and problem gambling across the lifespan. J Gambl Stud. 2011 Mar;27(1):49-61. doi: 10.1007/s10899-010-9195-z. PMID: 20499144; PMCID: PMC4383132. (Link to Research)
Barnes GM, Welte JW, Hoffman JH, Tidwell MC. Comparisons of gambling and alcohol use among college students and noncollege young people in the United States. J Am Coll Health. 2010 Mar-Apr;58(5):443-52. doi: 10.1080/07448480903540499. PMID: 20304756; PMCID: PMC4104810. (Link to Research)