Monitoring adolescent gambling in Minnesota

Ken C. Winters, Randy D. Stinchfield, Leigh G. Kim

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Abstract

Youth gambling was investigated in a prospective sample of 532 Minnesota adolescents and young adults. Of particular interest was the possible impact among the study sample of a recent state lottery and of reaching the legal age for gambling on changes in the rate and type of gambling. Overall rates of gambling involvement and pathological gambling did not change across the 1.5 year interval. However, a preference for certain types of gambling activities (e.g., lottery, casino machines) significantly increased, whereas more informal and unregulated games (e.g., betting on games of personal skill) significantly decreased. Also, access to gambling activities by underage youths was high, suggesting the need for tighter controls of legalized games and greater awareness of this problem by the gaming industry and public health officials.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)165-183
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of gambling studies
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1995

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