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Table 4 Household expenditures on gambling activities

	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%	$	%
	At least one gambling activity		Government lotteries		Other lotteries/raffles, etc.		Casinos, slot machines and VLTs		Bingos
All households
2000	492	74	245	64	84	31	546	21	743	9
2001	513	72	257	62	98	30	554	20	815	9
2002	570	73	263	63	129	30	679	21	905	8
2003	506	74	243	66	96	29	670	19	799	8
2004	514	71	265	61	101	28	664	19	805	6
2005	549	69	254	61	142	27	720	18	963	6
2006	493	73	254	64	109	28	686	19	521	6
One-person households¹	523	62	212	53	103	18	1,034	16	566	5
Men	731	62	274	55	141	18	1,667	16	267	2
18 to 44	606	56	204	48	118	17	1,101	20	F	F
45 to 64	1,038	66	300	61	98	21	4,069	12	F	F
65 and over	521	70	367	62	285	17	516	15	F	F
Women	341	62	153	51	70	19	446	15	641	8
18 to 44	210	64	88	52	58	22	310	21	F	F
45 to 64	306	68	164	58	81	23	521	11	529	7
65 and over	455	56	182	46	66	14	510	15	778	11
All households
Newfoundland and Labrador	472	76	278	67	79	41	541	10	556	16
Prince Edward Island	441	76	234	59	104	51	262	17	982	10
Nova Scotia	424	80	228	69	72	47	499	17	705	9
New Brunswick	422	73	277	64	76	39	458	8	673	9
Quebec	402	75	258	68	95	17	494	16	359	7
Ontario	507	71	258	63	109	27	647	22	598	5
Manitoba	548	69	220	57	95	36	778	21	599	10
Saskatchewan	491	77	212	63	108	49	537	28	546	8
Alberta	566	72	272	62	156	39	757	20	497	6
British Columbia	605	70	238	62	112	28	1,184	18	566	5
Income after tax
Less than $20,000	469	54	190	46	75	11	1,057	11	580	8
$20,000 to $39,999	513	69	247	62	102	22	859	16	590	8
$40,000 to $59,999	446	77	269	69	100	31	492	21	428	6
$60,000 to $79,999	445	80	247	71	93	36	551	24	370	5
$80,000 and over	566	82	285	72	140	41	672	26	549	4
1.Using one-person households allows examination of individual characteristics. Persons 18 and over were selected as this is the legal age for gambling in most provinces. Note: Expenditures are per spending household. Unless otherwise indicated, figures are for 2006. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Household Spending.