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UK Gambling Commission Issues Warning Over Underage Gambling
- Updated: December 7, 2016
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has issued a warning to parents and guardians following a report into young people and gambling which shows 450,000 children from England and Wales participate in gambling every week.
Findings of the Young People and Gambling 2016 report, indicate the overall gambling rate among 11-to-15-year-olds is approximately 16 percent. Studies suggest around 9,000 of the 450,000 underage gamblers are likely to develop a gambling problem.
The most popular form of gambling among 11-to-15-year-olds interviewed for the study is via fruit machines (five percent) with playing cards for money with friends (four percent) and National Lottery scratchcards (4 percent) also being popular methods of gambling. Internet poker was only played by one percent of the 2,411 children questioned.
Worryingly, eight percent of those 11-to-15-year-olds participating in the study had gambled on commercial premises in the past week, such as bingo halls, betting shops and arcades, despite the UKGC having strict codes of conduct and underage gambling prevention methods for gambling licence holders.
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