Great Britain: youth gambling participation by gender and game 2020

According to a 2020 survey of youths aged 11 to 16 in Great Britain, there were more male respondents who participated in various gambling games than their female counterparts. In particular, six percent of male respondents placed a private bet for money with friends or family compared to two percent of female respondents. .

Share of youths who gamble in Great Britain in 2020, by gender and game

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Release date

November 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

January 27 to March 30, 2020*

Number of respondents

1,645 respondents

Age group

11 to 16 years

Special properties

young people attending secondary schools in England and Scotland (excluding special schools, fee-paying schools and sixth form colleges)

Supplementary notes

Question was phrased by sources as: "Have you spent any of your money on any of the following in the past 7 days?"
Data can be found under tab 1 in the excel sheet.
*Fieldwork was originally scheduled until the end of May 2020. However, due to the mandatory school shutdown on March 20, 2020, it had to end early. Hence, the results do not include Wales and therefore were not representative of Great Britain.
Empty values denotes a figure of greater than zero but less than 0.5%.

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