Report
Young People and Gambling 2025: Official statistics
Gambling Commission report produced by Ipsos on young people and their gambling behaviour, attitudes and awareness in 2025.
Contents
- Executive summary
- Wider experience of gambling
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- Summary
- Wider experience and active involvement in gambling
- Experience of different categories of gambling activities
- Experience of different types of gambling activities
- Who young people were with when they gambled
- Being stopped from gambling for being too young
- Gambling in the context of what young people do in their spare time
- Gambling in the context of other risk taking behaviours
- Active involvement in gambling and experience of problem gambling
- Trends in gambling behaviours: 2022 to 2025
- Young people’s exposure to gambling
- The impact of gambling on young people
- Gambling activities and gaming
- Perspectives on gambling: Awareness, attitudes and behaviours
- Appendices
Speaking to someone about gambling problems
Just over two-thirds (68 percent) of young people agreed that someone had spoken to them about the potential problems that gambling can lead to, 36 percent of whom strongly agreed. A much smaller proportion said they strongly disagree, just 3 percent.
Boys were more likely than girls to have spoken to someone about the potential problems that gambling can lead to (71 percent, compared with 65 percent), as were 16 year olds (76 percent, compared with 68 percent, overall).
Table 7.2: Speaking to someone about gambling within past 12 months
GC_ATTSPOKEN. Thinking about gambling for money, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the statement?
Base: All participants (answering) “People have spoken to me about the potential problems that gambling can lead to” 2025 (3,539).
| People have spoken to me about the potential problems that gambling can lead to | 2025 (percentage) |
|---|---|
| Strongly agree | 36% |
| Agree | 32% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 10% |
| Disagree | 8% |
| Strongly disagree | 3% |
| Do not know | 12% |
Feeling informed about gambling 2024 to 2025
The proportion of young people who agreed that they feel informed about the risks of gambling and have spoken to someone about the potential problems that gambling can lead to are consistent year on year.
Table 7:3 Feeling informed about gambling 2024 to 2025
GC_ATTINF and GC_ATTSPOKEN. Thinking about gambling for money, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the statements below?
Base: All participants (answering) “I feel well informed about the risks of gambling” 2024 (3,203) 2025 (3,552).
Base: All participants (answering) “People have spoken to me about the potential problems that gambling can lead to” 2024 (3,199) 2025 (3,539).
| I feel well informed about the risks of gambling | 2024 (percentage) | 2025 (percentage) | Statistical difference 2025 compared with 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly agree | 51% | 51% | No significant difference |
| Agree | 30% | 32% | No significant difference |
| Neither agree or disagree | 6% | 5% | No significant difference |
| Disagree | 9% | 3% | Significant decrease |
| Strongly disagree | 1% | 1% | No significant difference |
| Do not know | 4% | 8% | Significant increase |
| Net agree | 82% | 83% | No significant difference |
| People have spoken to me about the potential problems that gambling can lead to | 2024 (percentage) | 2025 (percentage) | Statistical difference 2025 compared with 2024 |
| Strongly agree | 36% | 36% | No significant difference |
| Agree | 30% | 32% | No significant difference |
| Neither agree or disagree | 12% | 10% | Significant decrease |
| Disagree | 9% | 8% | No significant difference |
| Strongly disagree | 3% | 3% | No significant difference |
| Do not know | 11% | 12% | No significant difference |
| Net agree | 66% | 68% | No significant difference |
Feeling informed about gambling Next section
Reasons why young people do not gamble
Last updated: 13 November 2025
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