Key findings

• Overall, one in five (22%) people who reported high levels of problems with gambling (PGSI 8+) had attempted suicide in their lifetime, and most of this group (66%) linked their latest suicide attempt to gambling.
• The pattern of gambling participation most associated with suicidality among people who reported gambling in the last 12 months was a combination of gaming (e.g., bingo, casino games, poker) and ‘other’ gambling (e.g., lotteries, loot boxes, and miscellaneous gambling types).
• Identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or another sexual orientation, or having a disability were associated with an increase in the odds of lifetime experience of suicidality among people who gamble.
• Efforts to stop or reduce gambling could be a high-risk point for experiencing suicidality as these experiences could lead people to feel hopeless, trapped and worried about the future.
• Restarting gambling again after going through sometimes long periods of treatment could also relate to feelings of being defeated or lonely which was also a key risk point for suicidal ideation or actions.