The largest international survey of online gambling will be launched on Wednesday 5th, with the findings due to be handed to the Government by the start of next year.

The research will question around 20,000 Internet players. Besides, it will interview 200 players face-to-face in focus groups in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, Germany and Sweden.

Trent University in the United Kingdom and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas will run the survey. The findings could influence legislation, said Andrew Beveridge, the chief executive of eCogra.