Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the Young People and Gambling Survey is to explore young people’s attitudes towards gambling and their participation in different types of gambling activities, designed to provide a means of tracking these perceptions and behaviours over time. The survey looks at those forms of gambling and gambling style games that children and young people legally take part in along with gambling on age restricted products.
The 2025 research was conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Gambling Commission. The study collected data from 3,666 pupils aged 11 to 17 years old across curriculum years 7 to 12 (S1 to S6 in Scotland) using the Ipsos Young People Omnibus. Pupils completed an online self-report survey in class. Data have been weighted to the known profile of the population in order to provide a representative sample.
Main Topics:
The following topics are covered: attitudes towards and exposure to gamblingexposure to gambling advertisingother activities and risk takinggames and gaming machinesNational Lottery playonline gamblingimpact of gambling on young peopleexperience of gambling
Multi-stage stratified random sample
Self-administered questionnaire
