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Report

Young People and Gambling 2023: Official statistics

Gambling Commission report produced by Ipsos on young people and their gambling behaviour, attitudes and awareness in 2023.

Contents


Overall experience of online gambling

A minority of young people have experienced some form of online gambling in the last 12 months. Less than one in twenty 11 to 17 year olds had placed a bet on eSports or on a website or an app in the last 12 months (both 2 percent), with similar findings for those who had played casino games online (1 percent). As few as 1 percent of young people had experienced National Lottery online instant win games or bingo online in the last 12 months.

These figures are reflective of the trends seen in 2022, with a slight decrease in betting on eSports or on a website or an app (1 percentage point decrease respectively) while the proportion of young people who have experienced National Lottery online instant win games remains unchanged in comparison to 2022.

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