Ioanna Fiakou, Chairwoman of the NBA, made the announcement and speaking of the decision she said, “The authority has commissioned Insights Market Research (IMR) Ltd to conduct a quantitative survey by interviewing 3,000 individuals, in order to study and investigate the Cypriot public’s extent of participation in games of chance.”
Protection and a better understanding of the country's gambling demographics were the main reasons for the survey, Fiakou argued.
Personal interviews will be set up for October 25 and finish at the end of December. Individuals from various age groups including 13-17 years old will be randomly selected to form the 3,000 person survey.
“The survey’s goals focus on recording the extent of participation in gambling activities, identifying the extent of problematic participation among the public, studying gamblers’ social and demographic traits, the frequency with which they engage in gambling and their budgeted and real spending in gambling,” Fiakou commented.
It is still unclear how the NBA plans to use the results obtained from the survey to shape future laws and regulations surrounding the island’s gaming industry.