Informe sobre adicciones comportamentales 2020: juego con dinero, uso de videojuegos y uso compulsivo de internet en España

The Observatorio Español de las Drogas y las Adicciones and the Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas present a 2020 monograph on behavioural addictions in Spain, covering gambling with money, video game use and compulsive internet use. The data come from two national surveys: EDADES, covering the population aged 15 to 64 and fielded in 2019/2020 with 17,899 valid questionnaires, and ESTUDES, covering students aged 14 to 18, with 2018 results. The report traces these modules' results from 2014 onward, noting that comparability between editions is limited.

In 2019/20, 64.2% of the 15 to 64 population had gambled for money in the last 12 months. Online gambling stood at 6.7%, up from 3.5% in 2017, and was higher among men (9.1%) than women (4.2%). Among online gamblers, sports betting was the most common game for men, while lotteries predominated among women. Offline gambling reached 63.6%, with lotteries the most used type.

Among students, 25.5% had gambled for money in 2018 and 10.3% had done so online. The report estimates that 2.2% of the population aged 15 to 64 showed possible problem gambling or gambling disorder in 2019/20, while 20.0% of students showed a high risk of compulsive internet use in 2018. Among students, 82.2% had played video games in the last year, and 6.1% showed a possible video game use disorder.