Report
Young People and Gambling 2022
Gambling Commission report produced by Ipsos on young people and their gambling behaviour, attitudes and awareness in 2022.
Contents
- Executive summary
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Young people’s active involvement in gambling
- - Summary
- - Young people's active involvement in gambling
- - Variations in active involvement in gambling
- - Variations in active involvement in types of gambling activities
- - Prevalence of non-problem, at risk or problem gambling
- - Problem gambling by gender
- - Problem gambling by age
- - Problem gambling by ethnicity
- Experience of gambling
- The Impact of gambling on young people
- Online gambling
- National Lottery play
- Games and gaming machines
- The Context for gambling participation
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Attitudes towards and exposure to gambling
- - Summary
- - Young people’s views on gambling
- - Feeling informed about gambling
- - Being stopped from gambling
- - Young people’s exposure to gambling adverts and promotions and frequency of exposure
- - Content of gambling adverts and promotions seen
- - Whether ever prompted to gamble by adverts and promotions
- - Following gambling companies on social media
- Appendices
- List of gambling activities and definitions
Summary
This section of the report maps out gambling participation in the context of other risk-taking behaviours (such as smoking, drinking and drug-taking), and other activities that young people like to do in their spare time. It also highlights both the reasons why young people choose to gamble and why they do not. It also looks at who young people gamble with and any experiences of being stopped from gambling.
Summary
Across the last 12 months, half (50 percent) of 11 to 16 year olds had experienced some form of gambling. This is a higher proportion than those who participated in other risk-taking behaviours, such as drinking alcohol (41 percent), vaping (17 percent), smoking a cigarette (7 percent) or using illegal drugs (5 percent).
It is important to note the context for gambling. Most (74 percent) young people who have ever spent their own money on gambling were with their parents and/or guardians at the time and say they did so for fun (78 percent).
In contrast, a lack of interest in gambling (39 percent) is the most common reason for not gambling, followed by the recognition that it is illegal for young people to gamble (37 percent).
Setting gambling in the context of other risk-taking behaviours
Last updated: 9 November 2022
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