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Young People and Gambling 2024: Official statistics

Gambling Commission report produced by Ipsos on young people and their gambling behaviour, attitudes and awareness in 2024.

Contents


List of gambling activities

The survey contained 4 questions which were designed to identify gambling experience and establish rates of active involvement in gambling among young people during the past 7 days, 4 weeks, 12 months and more than 12 months ago.

All young people were asked whether they had ever experienced a range of 17 gambling activities shown in a list. For each activity they had ever experienced, they were then asked when they last did so, whether they had spent their own money on it and when they last spent their own money.

The list of gambling activities which formed the basis of the gambling prevalence questions is shown in Table A.10.

Table A.10: List of gambling activities

The list of gambling activities are:

  • National Lottery draw for example Lotto, EuroMillions or Set for Life, either with a physical ticket or playing online
  • National Lottery Scratchcards (not free Scratchcards)
  • National Lottery online instant win games
  • other Lotteries (for example The Health Lottery, People’s Postcode Lottery, or other smaller lotteries)
  • arcade gaming machines (for example penny pusher or claw grab machine)
  • fruit or slot machines (for example at an arcade, pub or social club)
  • gambling machines in a betting shop
  • cards for money (for example with friends or family)
  • bingo at a bingo club
  • bingo at somewhere other than a bingo club (for example social club or holiday park)
  • bingo online (for example Foxy Bingo, Gala Bingo or Tombola)
  • bet for money between friends or family
  • bet on esports (electronic sports such as playing video games competitively) online
  • bet at a betting shop or bookies (for example on football or horse racing)
  • bet on a betting website and/or app (for example on football or horse racing)
  • game inside a casino
  • casino games online (for example online poker or online roulette for money).
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