Gambling and young people

Adolescents and young adults are particularly vulnerable for the development of gambling-related harm. Young people tend to start gambling socially with friends or partners, and then continue alone. It can be hard to recognise when gambling is causing someone harm.

To find out more about gambling relating to young people, and getting help, visit the At Odds Website: www.atodds.com.au.

The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (the Foundation) also provides a range of resources relating to gambling and young people. The Foundation’s Love the Game Sporting Clubs Program aims to reduce the exposure of young people to sports betting promotions and disrupt the ‘normalisation’ of betting on sport. This initiative encouraging young people to understand the risks of sports gambling and take back the game. Initiative resources include tips for talking to kids about gambling.

The Foundation also offers a School Education Program, which includes useful resources for secondary school teachers and units of work for classrooms. As part of this schools program, the Foundation has developed fact sheets to increase parent’s awareness of the convergence of video gaming and gambling and equip parents to talk to their children about it.