This publication provides information about young people’s participation in different types of gambling and the prevalence of problem gambling. It includes statistics about those forms of gambling that children and young people can legally take part in along with gambling on age restricted products. The findings are taken from the annual Young People and Gambling…
In 2019 the UK Gambling Commission published the 2019 Young People & Gambling survey which looks at gambling trends of 11 – 16-year-olds in Great Britain. The survey looks at those forms of gambling and gambling style games that young people legally take part in along with gambling on age restricted products. Key takeaways Source:…
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has released the results of a survey conducted by Opinion Diagnostics, a Boston-based polling and market research firm. This Sports Betting Activities Survey assessed the behaviors and opinions of 18-22-year-old adults across the country. NCAA President Charlie Baker commissioned the survey to establish a new baseline of sports betting…
GambleAware published a report on the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) scale, for those who wish to identify, understand and reduce gambling harms. The PGSI is set of nine questions about gambling behaviour which has been widely used to identify the extent and scale of gambling problems. However, it has not been developed as a…
Key takeaways: Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This is the second prevalence study of gambling and related activities conducted in New Jersey since the 1980s. The first study followed the launch of legalized online gambling in 2014 and was published in 2017. Key takeaways Source: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement
For a period of just over a decade, British Gambling was monitored by in-depth Prevalence Surveys which provided regulators, lawmakers and stakeholders with good quality data on the market. These studies were published in 1999, 2007 and 2010 before the UK government removed the funding for the studies after the financial crisis of 2010. Key…
For a period of just over a decade, British Gambling was monitored by in-depth Prevalence Surveys which provided regulators, lawmakers and stakeholders with good quality data on the market. These studies were published in 1999, 2007 and 2010 before the UK government removed the funding for the studies after the financial crisis of 2010. Key…
A longitudinal piece of research into suicide on the Swedish National Patient Register (Karlsson & Hakansson, 2018) which has been extrapolated to the general UK population by some campaigners. Key takeways Source: Journal of Behavioral Addictions