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Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022
The Gambling Commission's 2021 to 2022 Annual Report and Accounts.
Online gambling using parent's or guardian's accounts
To understand the context in which young people are accessing online gambling, they were asked if they had ever used their parent's and/or guardian's accounts to play online, with or without their permission.
Overall, 11 to 16 year olds were more likely to use their parent's and/or guardian's accounts with their permission (6 percent), rather than without (1 percent). Looking at this in more detail, young people were more likely to have ever played National Lottery games online with their permission (5 percent), than without (1 percent). Similarly, young people who played on gambling websites or placed bets online had their parent's or guardian's permission (5 percent) compared with without (1 percent).
Figure 13: Online gambling using a parent's or guardian’s account - Whether young people gambled online with their parent's or guardian's permission or not
Figure 13 information
PLAYONLINE. Please read all of the following sentences and select those that are true about you. Here ‘online’ refers to websites and apps.
Base: All 11 to 16 year olds answering (2,295).
Note: This is a multiple response question, so the responses shown will not add up to 100 percent.
| Online gambling behaviour | Percentage who find this sentence true (multiple response question, therefore answers do not sum to 100 percent) |
|---|---|
| Used parent's and/or guardian's account to play National Lottery games online with their permission | 5% |
| Used parent's and/or guardian's account to play on gambling websites or place bets online with their permission | 5% |
| Used parent's and/or guardian's account to play National Lottery games online without their permission | 1% |
| Used parent's and/or guardian's account to play on gambling websites or place bets online without their permission | 1% |
| None of these sentences are true about me | 93% |
Last updated: 9 November 2022
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