Forty-Three Percent of Teens Gambled Last Year — and the Risk Starts at Thirteen

Forty-Three Percent of Teens Gambled Last Year — and the Risk Starts at Thirteen

A Rutgers University national prevalence study of 1,677 Americans ages 13 to 27 found 42.7 percent of 13-to-17-year-olds gambled in the past year, and about one in ten young people who gambled screened at high risk for problem gambling.

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2026 U.S. Prevalence Study Finds High Rates of Problem Gambling Among Adolescents and Young Adults — Rutgers School of Social Work, Center for Gambling Studies, 2026

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