Underage gambling is 'normalised' in Australia, with a landmark study showing one in six people aged 16 to 17 placing bets or wagering money
Underage gambling is "normalised" in Australia, with a landmark study showing one in six people aged 16 to 17 placing bets or wagering money.
The research highlighted the influence of family and friends. The proportion of 16 to 17-year-olds who gambled went up from 11 per cent in households where no resident parent reported gambling in the previous 12 months to 17 per cent in households where one or both resident parents gambled. "As long as you gamble, you feel like an Australian," Mr Pratama said. "The outcome at [first] was not making money - I just wanted to be socially accepted."
Despite legal age restrictions, the researchers found 6 per cent of boys and 3 per cent of girls had bet on sports in the 12-month period, while 4 per cent of boys and 3 per cent of girls had bet on horse or dog racing.
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