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Report

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.

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Being stopped from gambling for being too young

All young people, regardless of gambling experience, were asked whether they had ever been stopped from gambling because they were too young. Excluding those young people who noted they had never tried to gamble, 15 percent overall reported having been stopped from gambling because they were too young.

Boys were more likely than girls to report having been stopped from gambling for being too young (19 percent, compared with 9 percent).

There have been no overall changes across survey years in the proportions of young people reporting having been stopped from gambling because they were too young.

Figure 3.5: Being stopped from gambling for money due to being too young

YPG 24 - Figure 3.5: Being stopped from gambling for money due to being too young

Figure 3.5 information

GC_STOPPED. Thinking about gambling for money, have you ever been stopped from gambling because you were too young?
Base: All who did not say they had never tried to gamble (1,045).

Being stopped from gambling for money due to being too young
Being stopped from gambling due to being too young 2024 (percentage)
Yes 15%
No 42%
Do not know 42%
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