Online gambling at work costs English businesses £300m a year

The study by consultancy firm Morse claims almost one-third (30%) of office workers had either placed a bet online or knew someone who had.

Philip Wicks, a consultant at the firm, said: “Many employees have unmonitored access to the internet, and the fact that they can now follow most sporting events online, coupled with the rise of internet gambling websites, has tempted people to place a ‘quick bet’ online.

“However, these bets all add up, and can greatly impact businesses productivity.”

Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance

Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday

Email(Required)

OptOut

From time to time, we will send you emails about selected products, events and services from Personnel Today and OHW+ - but you can choose to opt-out at any time. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please tick this box.

Name

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Δ

The website where bets were most often placed was the National Lottery, followed by football matches, horse races and online poker games.

The survey results came from interviews with 664 office workers across the UK.