Legal gambling availability and problem gambling among adolescents and young adults

John William Welte, Grace M. Barnes, Marie-Cecile O. Tidwell and Joseph H. Hoffman

International Gambling Studies, 2009, vol. 9, issue 2, 89-99

Abstract: A national US telephone survey was conducted with 2274 respondents aged 14--21. The number of types of legal gambling operating in the respondent's state was positively related to the odds of lifetime gambling, current gambling, current frequent gambling and current problem gambling. For respondents aged 18--21, odds of current problem gambling, as opposed to never gambling, increased 39% for each additional type of legal gambling. The number of types of gambling in which a respondent was old enough to participate legally had a positive relationship to gambling involvement, including problem gambling. Being old enough to participate in specific forms of gambling was positively related to the frequency of playing those specific types. It was concluded that a greater number of types of legal gambling, as well as being old enough to legally play a greater number of types of gambling, is associated with a greater likelihood of problem gambling.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/14459790902754996

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