More Australians have been using their mobile phones to wager on different sporting events, although the number of punters have dipped in the last couple of years.

In its latest gaming report, Roy Morgan Research pointed out that Australia has seen a more than four-fold increase in the number of Australians using their mobile phones to wager, driving the online wagering growth higher.

From 5.6 percent in 2012, Roy Morgan said that a fifth of Australian bettors or 22.7 percent use their mobile phones to gamble. The number of Australians who use their PCs to place bets remained virtually unchanged from 15.2 percent in 2012 to 15.1 percent in 2018, according to the Melbourne-based market research company.

The number of Australians using the internet to wager grew significantly from 15.7 percent in 2012 to 34.1 percent this year, according to Roy Morgan. Despite the robust online gambling figures, the research firm noted that the number of Australians making bets have dropped 8.7 percent to 3.4 million in 2018 from 3.7 million in 2012.