Sociodemographic and Substance Use Correlates of Gambling Behavior in the Canadian General Population

This study describes sociodemographic and substance use correlates of gambling behaviors, measured among 9,481 past-year gamblers from the Canadian general population. Compared to non-problem gamblers in this study (N = 8,035), the 98 problem gamblers who scored 8 or more points on the Canadian Problem Gambling Research Index were more likely to report being odrunk or higho while gambling (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 8.92; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.46,14.55; p .001), to admit to having an alcohol or drug problem (AOR: 3.80; 95% CI:2.21,6.52; p .001), and to use electronic gambling devices (AOR: 4.85; 95% CI: 3.08-7.66; p .001).