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Primary school children are being treated in hospital for the effects of gambling, with experts blaming online games and betting advertising during sport. A nationwide survey of the parents of 1,160 teenagers, conducted by Victoria’s Royal Children’s Hospital, found one in three are concerned about their child’s gambling. And it turns out that while Australians rack up the world’s highest gambling losses, almost half of parents have never discussed the habit with their children.
” The survey revealed 45 per cent of parents have never spoken about gambling with their teenager and a quarter found it difficult to discuss the issue. Almost 35 per cent of men found those conversations challenging, compared to 18 per cent of women. It comes as the federal government mulls a crackdown on gambling advertisements and age restrictions for social media.
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