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Gambling Survey for Great Britain - Year 2 (2024), wave 1 report: Official statistics
Gambling Survey for Great Britain - Year 2 (2024), wave 1 report
Summary
This section of the report examines the potential impact that young people may experience as a result of their own or someone else's gambling, including the impact on relationships with family and friends, school and quality of life.
To set the findings in context the section starts by exploring young people’s experience of seeing a family member gamble.
Three in ten (29 percent) young people have seen a family member they live with gamble. While 1 in 10 (9 percent) reported that gambling by a family member had helped pay for activities, 7 percent experienced arguments or tension at home, and 4 percent felt that their parent or guardian had less time to spend with them because of their gambling.
Overall 12 percent of young people who witnessed a family member gamble lost sleep because of worrying about it. Around 1 in 10 also expressed feeling sad and worried about a family members gambling.
The study used the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition - Multiple Response Juvenile (DSM-IV-MR-J) screen questions to identify the impact of gambling on young people. In the past 12 months, 2 percent of young gamblers missed school due to gambling, a decrease from 5 percent in 2024. While most reported no issues, 5 percent had lied to family, friends or others and 7 percent had arguments with them.
Last updated: 13 November 2025
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