New report: Young people’s views on gambling and gaming
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 20th April 2022
The ALLIANCE, Fast Forward and Young Scot have published research which aims to explore young people's views of gambling and gaming.
A new report “Young people’s views of gambling and gaming” commissioned by the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) and delivered by Fast Forward and Young Scot explores young people’s views and experiences of gambling and gaming.
The research highlights the impact that gambling is having on Scottish young people, and their desire to have influence over gambling and gambling-like gaming policy and law in Scotland.
The research comprised of a survey, and 545 children and young people in Scotland shared how they feel about gambling and gaming, how often they play, and whether they think young people should have a say on gambling and gaming laws and regulation.
Key findings from the research include:
- Most respondents (84%) stated that young people should have a say on the laws around gambling and gambling-like gaming features.
- Around a quarter of respondents (24%) stated that they had taken part in a gambling activity in the last 12 months (39% of those aged over 18, 28% of those aged 16 to 18, and 12% under the age of 16.
- A quarter (25%) of respondents who gambled in the last 12 months said their gambling had ever impacted them.
- Among respondents who have someone close to them who gambles regularly (23% of respondents), a third (33%) said it had ever worried them.
- Most respondents (92%) stated that they had played a video game in the last 12 months.
- Over half of respondents (60%) stated that they had opened a loot box.
- Advertising was identified as the biggest similarity between video games and gambling, with over a third (36%) saying it is “very” or “somewhat similar”.
The full report is available to read in both Word and PDF format from the resource list below, and will soon be provided in an Easy Read format.
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