Young People and Gambling
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Young People and Gambling Survey. The survey explores young people’s attitudes towards gambling and
their participation in different types of gambling activities, designed to provide a means of tracking these perceptions and behaviours over time.

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Gambling participation and problem gambling among young people

Information about young people’s participation in legal and age restricted forms of gambling and the prevalence of problem gambling. This series contains the annual young people and gambling official statistics.

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Young People and Gambling 2025: Official statistics

13 November 2025

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Gambling Commission report produced by Ipsos on young people and their gambling behaviour, attitudes and awareness in 2025.

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Additional data sets in this series
- Young People and Gambling 2024: Official statistics (/statistics-and-research/publication/young-people-and-gambling-2024-official-statistics)
- Young People and Gambling 2023: Official statistics (/statistics-and-research/publication/young-people-and-gambling-2023)
- Young People and Gambling 2022: Official statistics (/statistics-and-research/publication/young-people-and-gambling-2022)
- Young People and Gambling 2020: Official statistics (/statistics-and-research/publication/young-people-and-gambling-2020)
- Young People and Gambling 2019: Official statistics (/statistics-and-research/publication/young-people-and-gambling-2019)
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