Young People and Gambling Survey, 2025

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Author(s): Gambling Commission

Publisher: UK Data Service

Year Published: 2025

Date Added: December 22, 2025

This dataset from the Gambling Commission’s (Great Britain) annual research explores gambling behaviours among young people. Ipsos MORI, on behalf of the Gambling Commission, conducted a survey in schools with 3,666 students 11 to 17 years old. The survey used the problem gambling screen Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th Edition - Multiple Response Juvenile (DSM-IV-MR-J) to classify young people who gambled as at risk or experiencing problem gambling.

Main topics include:

Attitudes towards and exposure to gambling
Exposure to gambling advertising
Other activities and risk taking
Types of gambling and gambling machines
Engagement with National Lottery products
Online gambling
Impact of gambling on young people
Experience of gambling

Citation: Gambling Commission. (2025). Young People and Gambling Survey, 2025. [data collection]. UK Data Service. SN: 9499, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9499-1

DOI: http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9499-1

Keywords: exposure ; gambling advertisements ; gambling motivations ; gambling types ; perceptions ; young people ; youth ; youth gambling

Topics: Children and Youth ; Gambling Cognitions ; Priority Populations

Conceptual Framework Factors: Exposure - Gambling Setting ; Psychological Factors ; Social - Social Demographics ; Psychological - Judgement and Decision Making ; Types - Motivational Characteristics ; Gambling Exposure ; Social Factors

Geographic Coverage: United Kingdom, Great Britain

Study Population: A total of 3,666 students 11-17 years old at schools in England, Scotland, and Wales.

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