Nearly half of all 11 to 17-year-olds admit to gambling, a Gambling Commission survey has revealed. The watchdog’s annual report on Young People and Gambling found that 49 per cent had gambled, “but not necessarily spending their own money on doing so”. On behalf of the Gambling Commission, Ipsos surveyed 3,666 British school children aged 11 to 17, between January and June 2025, on their exposure and involvement in gambling in the previous twelve months. He said: “It doesn’t feel like gambling but it’s the normalisation of gambling. Sixteen per cent of all respondents said “that influencers had advertised gambling-related content to them”.
