One in 10 young players are at risk of problem gambling

2024-05-03 09:53:11

The end of adolescence is a period conducive to experimenting with games of money and chance (JAH), according to a study by the Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT). Among 17-year-olds who have gambled at least once in the last twelve months, one in 10 players are at risk of problem gambling.

The ESCAPAD survey (survey on health and consumption during the defense preparation call), set up by the OFDT, is carried out among all 17-year-old adolescents summoned to the Defense and Citizenship Day ( JDC). For the first time in 2011, the survey included a module of questions on the theme of JAH which was then renewed during the 2017 and 2022 surveys, thus offering an evolution of practices in adolescence over the past decade. Following a first publication of the main results in the fall of 2023 which focused in particular on highlighting the major developments in the practice of JAH occurring over the period 2011-2022, a new note offers a detailed analysis of the players in 2022 .

Key results

– Scratch games constitute the first type of gambling (JAH) practiced by adolescents aged 17 (one in five adolescents), sfollowed by sports betting (one in ten adolescents).

– The frequencies of JAH practices vary greatly depending on the type of game, however weekly practice remains limited and mainly concerns sports betting.

– A tendency to undervalue losses and/or overestimate wins: almost half of sports bettors believe they make money.

– There are territorial disparities with a more marked practice of JAH among adolescents from Burgundy-Franche-Comté, Hauts-de-France and Brittany, and less marked among those from Île-de-France.

– Significant differences in practices appear according to gender and school situation: boys who play more during the year, a lower prevalence of JAH during the year among students in general or technological education.

– EApproximately one player in ten within the year presents a risk of problem gambling*.

– Weekly gambling and sports betting are among the primary risk factors for problem gambling.

* In order to be able to estimate the proportion of gamblers in serious difficulty, the ESCAPAD survey asks adolescents to respond to the Canadian Excessive Gambling Index (CPGI), a questionnaire to identify problems and consequences linked to the practice of JAH. This tool explores nine different dimensions relating to the negative impacts that a so-called “unreasonable” gambling practice can generate, and measures the degree of dependence of individuals

• Gambling practices in 2022 among 17-year-old adolescents, Vincent Eroukmanoff, Antoine Philippon, Olivier Le Nézet, Stanislas Spilka, Note, OFDT, April 2024, in pdf

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