Youth Gambling Prevention and Intervention

From the September 2005 issue of the Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter’s article, “Problem gambling in youth – a hidden addiction:”

A survey of adolescents found that more than 80% of those between 17 and 17 say they have gambled in the lat 12 months. More than 35% say they gamble at least once a week.

The most popular gambling activities among youth include poker playing, betting on sports and online card playing.

Kids today are the first generation in which gambling has been legal for their entire lives. Gambling today is an acceptable activity and has become more and more popular.

Resources online:

• The Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery  web site provides a list of possible symptoms of a gambling problem
  
• The North American Training Institute provides gambling prevention programs and services for teen gamblers.

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Here are a variety of resources on youth gambling you may find useful and will certainly find informative. The first site, from the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-risk Behaviors at McGill University in Canada , is probably the most thorough treatment of the subject.

	Youth Problem Gambling
	YGI Newsletter
	Self-Quiz

	States Implement In-School Youth Programs
	Everything in Moderation: New Missouri In-School Program Educates Kids on the Dangers of Addictions

	Problem Gambling and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
	Youth Gambling: A Clinical and Research Perspective

Adolescent Gambling and problem Gambling Fact Sheet

Center for Responsible Gaming - a curriculum for middle-school age students designed by the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School and NCRG:

 

Facing the Odds: The Mathematics of Gambling and Other Risks

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