Underage Gambling Rates Rising <\/strong><\/h2>\nA 2019 study identified gambling among children in the UK as a \u201cgrowing problem,\u201d finding that two-fifths of 11- to 16-year-olds had gambled in the previous year.<\/p>\n
The study by the University of Bristol found that just over 50 percent of all 17-year-olds residents in the UK regularly engaged in some form of gambling activity.<\/p>\n
Slot machines were the most popular, followed by playing cards for money with friends and buying lottery scratch-offs.<\/p>\n
The UK government is currently undertaking a review of the country\u2019s gambling laws, which is expected to result in tighter controls on the industry. One measure anticipated is a ban on gambling advertising in sports, which critics say normalizes betting for young people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UK betting shops outperformed supermarkets and convenience stores in secret shopper tests this week, researchers said this week.\u00a0These tests examined how often clerks verified the ages of gambles. Ninety percent of betting outlets demanded proof of age when visited by teenagers asking to place a bet, according to tests conducted by age verification analyst Serve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":184012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18943,35563],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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