NSW study shows nearly a third of young people gambled last year
1st February 2021
| By Richard Mulligan
Almost a third of 12-17 year-olds interviewed for a study in New South Wales had gambled in the past year, according to the state's Office of Responsible Gambling
The NSW Youth Gambling Study 2020 interviewed 2,200 minors aged between 12-17 and found that 29.8% had participated in monetary gambling and 40.1% had played games with gambling-like components, such as video games.
The study, commissioned by the NSW Office of Responsible Gambling to investigate the gambling attitudes and behaviours of young people, revealed that the problem gambling rate among participants was 1.5%, while a further 2.2% were deemed to be at-risk gamblers.