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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
Introduction
This report contains the findings from the Gambling Commission’s annual study, produced by Ipsos, exploring gambling behaviours among young people in Great Britain.
The survey examined gambling experience and behaviours, such as where young people gamble and with whom, perceptions of gambling and awareness of gambling advertising. The survey also asked a series of questions relating to potential consequences associated with gambling and utilised the problem gambling screen Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition - Multiple Response Juvenile (DSM-IV-MR-J) to classify young people experiencing problem gambling.
The research was conducted in schools, with pupils completing online self-completion surveys in class. The study collected data from a sample of 3,869 pupils in Years 7 to 12 (or Years S1 to S5 in Scotland) attending academies, maintained and independent schools in England, Scotland, and Wales. The majority of the participants were aged 11 to 17 years old, with a small number of 18 year olds (24 in total) included in the sample this year. Fieldwork took place between February and June 2024. Whilst the survey asked about involvement with gambling in the past 7 days, 4 weeks and 12 months, this report focuses on the past 12 months. Further details of the methodology, sampling and weighting processes, and sample profiles are included in the appendices of this report.
Last updated: 7 November 2024
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