Warning labels and messaging for youth gamblers

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Summaries

Author(s): Greo

Publisher: GREO

Year Published: 2020

Date Added: April 21, 2020

Resource Type: Brief

Age restrictions and warning labels have been used in gambling to reduce harms for youth and vulnerable populations. This report provides an overview of adherence to legal age limits for gambling, ways to enforce age limits, warning labels, unintentional consequences, and guidelines for advertising. The report also includes a jurisdictional scan of age restrictions in several Western countries, and a review of the literature on youth and gambling, the awareness of age restrictions, and the evidence for age restrictions.

Citation: GREO (2020) Warning labels and messaging for youth gamblers. Guelph, Canada: Gambling Research Exchange (GREO). https://doi.org/10.33684/2020.002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33684/2020.002

Keywords: cross-jurisdictional ; harm reduction ; messaging ; warnings ; youth gambling

Topics: Children and Youth ; Gambling Resources ; Information for Operators ; Information for Treatment Providers ; Prevention ; Priority Populations

Conceptual Framework Factors: Exposure - Marketing and Messaging ; Environment - Responsible Gambling ; Psychological Factors ; Resources - Harm Reduction, Prevention, and Protection ; Psychological - Lifespan Development ; Gambling Exposure ; Gambling Resources

Geographic Coverage: Australia ; Belgium ; Canada ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; Lithuania ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Republic of Iceland ; Slovenia ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United Kingdom

Source: GREO

Source Type: Greo

Study Funding:

The funding for this brief was provided by the Gambling Commission as part of their ‘National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms’ in Great Britain, a three-year plan that was launched in 2019