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ABSG Progress Report on the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms – Year Two
ABSG - Year two Progress Report on the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms
Contents
- Executive summary
- Recommendations
- Introduction
- Delivery and governance
- Prevention and education
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- Prevention and education
- Improved regulatory protections
- Suicide and gambling
- Improved profile of gambling harms as a public health issue
- Increased engagement from the financial services sector
- Gambling is not yet fully integrated with local public health activity
- Increased education and awareness raising activity
- Treatment and support
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- Treatment and support
- Expansion of treatment and support services in new areas
- The evidence base for treatment is developing but incomplete
- Need for more integrated treatment services
- Clarification of referral pathways required
- Triage and completed treatments
- Lack of independent quality assurance
- Follow-up support
- Conclusions
- Annex 1: Priority Metrics for measurement of National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms
Who young people were with in an adult-only area
A new question was included in 2025 to explore who young people are with when they play in an adult-only section of an amusement arcade.
While the majority (57 percent) of young people who gambled within adult-only areas, did so in the company of a parent, carer or guardian, 15 percent were alone. One in five (18 percent) were with a friend aged 17 or younger, 12 percent were with a sibling aged 17 or younger and 10 percent were with an older sibling, aged 18 or older, as shown in Figure 6.2.
Figure 6.2: Who young people were with when they experienced gambling activities in an adult-only area within the past 12 months
Figure 6.2 information
GC_FRUITWHO. And in this adult (18 years old and above) only section, who were you with?
Base: All 11 to 17 year olds answering who have ever played in an adults-only area 2025 (167).
Note: This is a multiple response questions, therefore answers do not sum to 100 percent.
| Who young people were with when they experienced gambling activities in an adult-only area within the past 12 months | 2025 (percentage) (this is a multiple response question; therefore, answers do not sum to 100 percent) |
|---|---|
| Parent(s), carer(s) or guardian(s) | 57% |
| Friend(s) aged 17 or younger | 18% |
| I was alone | 15% |
| Brother(s) or sister(s) aged 17 or younger | 12% |
| Brother(s) or sister(s) aged 18 or older | 10% |
| Friend(s) aged 18 or older | 5% |
| Others | 2% |
| Do not know | 6% |
Last updated: 13 November 2025
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