{"id":11276,"date":"2025-04-08T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=europe&p=11276"},"modified":"2025-04-08T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:24:00","slug":"alarming-surge-more-aussie-teens-gamble-than-play-sports-report-reveals","status":"publish","type":"europe","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/alarming-surge-more-aussie-teens-gamble-than-play-sports-report-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Alarming surge: More Aussie teens gamble than play sports, report reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new report by The Australia Institute<\/strong> has triggered nationwide concern after revealing that more Australian teenagers are gambling than participating in organized sports<\/strong>. According to the April 2025 publication, over 900,000 young people aged 12 to 19<\/strong> have engaged in some form of gambling over the past year, signaling a critical public health and regulatory challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The data shows that 30% of teens aged 12 to 17<\/strong> have gambled at least once, with the figure rising to 46% among 18- and 19-year-olds<\/strong>. These numbers now surpass youth participation in traditional sports like football and basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The estimated annual gambling expenditure among teens exceeds AUD $231 million<\/strong>, with underage gambling (12\u201317 years)<\/strong> accounting for AUD $18.4 million<\/strong> of that total. On average, a gambling teen spends AUD $86.72<\/strong> per year, with active gamblers averaging AUD $256<\/strong> annually. For legal-age youth (18\u201319), that number skyrockets to AUD $698 per gambler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Researchers emphasize that much of this behavior starts informally \u2014 through loot boxes in video games, private betting among friends, or exposure to gambling-like apps \u2014 all of which normalize wagering long before adulthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Australia already holds the unwanted title of highest gambling losses per capita<\/strong> in the world. In 2022\u201323, Australians bet AUD $244.3 billion<\/strong>, resulting in losses of AUD $31.5 billion<\/strong> \u2014 well above figures recorded in Las Vegas or Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the gravity of the findings, the federal government has so far delayed implementing key recommendations made by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs<\/strong>. These include a complete ban on gambling advertising<\/strong>, particularly on social media, sports uniforms, and stadiums \u2014 a move supported by 87% of Australians<\/strong>, according to national surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without robust regulation, Australia risks deepening the normalization of gambling among minors. Advocacy groups argue that industry-driven marketing and insufficient safeguards have created a generation exposed to gambling harms before they\u2019re even old enough to legally place a bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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