Proportion of children in Great Britain with gambling problem has doubled, data reveals
Regulation · 2024-11-08

Proportion of children in Great Britain with gambling problem has doubled, data reveals

The proportion of young people in Great Britain with a gambling problem has more than doubled, according to “astonishing” official data that prompted calls for urgent government intervention.

New figures from the Gambling Commission, which regulates bookies, online casinos and the national lottery, revealed a shock rise, to 85,000, in the number of children classified as having a gambling problem under widely used diagnostic criteria.

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