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<p>The Gambling Commission’s Young People & Gambling 2018 report was based on
a survey completed by 2,865 children in schools in England, Scotland and Wales. Of
these, 37 children were identified as problem gamblers. The data was then weighted
by gender, age and region. Where sample sizes for an age group were particularly small
(for example, only 66 children aged 16 completed the survey, of which two were identified
as problem gamblers) these children had large weights in the final dataset. Estimates
about rates or numbers of problem gamblers should therefore be treated with caution.</p><p>
</p><p>Due to the small numbers both of children participating in any given gambling
activity, and of problem gamblers identified by the survey, it is not possible to
provide robust problem gambling rates on a per activity basis, including for those
legally playing the National Lottery.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 37 respondents identified
as problem gamblers, 33 had on at least one occasion in the past 12 months spent their
own money on an activity which is regulated under the Gambling Act 2005.</p>
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