This survey provides information about young people’s exposure to and involvement in gambling, as well as the impact gambling can have. The findings presented in the 2024 publication are taken from the annual Young People and Gambling Survey, conducted in 2024 by Ipsos on behalf of the Gambling Commission. The study collected data from 3,869 pupils aged 11 to 17 years old across curriculum years 7 to 12 (S1 to S6 in Scotland) attending academies, maintained and independent schools in England, Scotland, and Wales using the Ipsos Young People Omnibus. Pupils completed an online self-report survey in class, fieldwork took place between February and June 2024. Findings are compared with previous years of the survey to identify trends. Statistically significant differences are highlighted across the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, though the 2022 sample did not include year 12 pupils or independent schools and so comparisons with this year are indicative only.

Definitions - Gambling participation: This is the number of 11-16 year olds who have gambled in the last seven days. This includes illegal types of gambling and legal types of gambling such as private bets for money, playing cards for money with friends or 16 year olds playing the National Lottery.

Young people and gambling 2024: Official statistics

View our young people and gambling 2024 interactive dashboard

Additional data sets in this series:

• Young people and gambling surveys 2011 to 2019, and 2022 and 2023 historic datasets are available on the UK Data Archive.

• Gambling participation and problem gambling 2023
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to March 2023
• Gambling participation and the prevalence of problem gambling survey: Experimental statistics stage
• Gambling behaviour in 2022: Findings from the quarterly telephone survey
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to Sept 2022
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to June 2022
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to March 2022
• Gambling behaviour in 2021: Findings from the quarterly telephone survey
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to Sept 2021
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to June 2021
• Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to March 2021
• Gambling behaviour in 2020: Findings from the quarterly telephone survey