RGC RESEARCH
| Teen Gambling in Ontario: Behaviours and Perceptions Among 15 to 17 Year Olds | |||
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| Author: | White, Monica A. PhD; Mun, Phil PhD; Kauffman, Nadine MA; Whelan, Christina MSc; Regan, Matthew MSW | ||
| Source: | Responsible Gambling Council | ||
| Published: | Jan. 24, 2007 | ||
| Description: | The Responsible Gambling Council (RGC) is an independent, non-profit organization committed to problem gambling prevention. RGC designs and delivers highly effective awareness programs, 60% of which concentrate on educating and cautioning young people about the realities of gambling. RGC also promotes the identification and adoption of best practices in problem gambling prevention through research and information dissemination. To inform its latest prevention initiatives, RGC conducted an electronic survey of Ontario youth 15-17 years of age. The purpose of the survey, which was completed by 2,140 participants, was to get a sense of youth gambling behaviours and perceptions. There was a particular focus on poker—both live (i.e., in person) and online (i.e., over the Internet), as these are growth areas for youth gambling. The survey’s results are divided into four main sections. The first pertains to characteristics of youth gambling in general; the second is more specific to poker; the third looks at problem gambling; the last examines the impact of other people’s gambling. |
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