Lottery playing amongst youth: Implications for prevention and social policy
Lottery playing amongst youth: Implications for prevention and social policy
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DOI：
10.1023/b:jogs.0000022306.72513.7c
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Gupta, R
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作者：
Felsher, JR;Derevensky, JL;Gupta, R
与彩票购买，彩票产品的可及性，和彩票游戏行为之间的1,072个青年（年龄10-18岁，平均年龄14岁）的因素进行了检查。玩彩票被认为是最受欢迎的赌博活动，青少年报告玩各种形式的彩票，包括抽奖，刮刮乐和体育彩票。据报告，青少年在12岁时开始玩彩票，参与刮刮乐彩票是报告最多的彩票活动类型之一，发病年龄最小。绝大多数年轻人都知道购买彩票的法律的年龄，尽管许多人认为购买任何形式的彩票都不应该有年龄要求。青年人，无论年龄大小，在购买彩票方面几乎没有遇到任何困难。此外，三分之一的未成年人报告说，他们专门去商店购买彩票，这种行为随着参与者的年龄而增加。这项研究证实了之前的发现，即尽管有法律的禁止，但未成年青少年仍然很容易获得彩票。研究结果提供了有价值的信息，可用于制定负责任的社会政策和预防青少年赌博计划。
Factors associated with lottery ticket purchases, accessibility of lottery products, and lottery playing behaviour amongst 1,072 youth (ages 10-18 years old, mean age 14 years-old) was examined. Playing the lottery was found to be the most popular gambling activity with youth reporting playing all forms of lottery tickets including draws, scratch tickets, and sports lottery tickets. Youth reported beginning to play the lottery at age 12, with scratch ticket participation being amongst the most highly reported type of lottery activity with the youngest age of onset. The vast majority of youth are aware of the legal age to purchase tickets although many believed that there should be no age requirement to purchase any form of lottery ticket. Youth, regardless of their age, reported few if any difficulties in purchasing lottery tickets. Moreover, a third of underage youth reported going to the store specifically to purchase lottery tickets with this behaviour increasing with the age of the participant. This research confirms previous findings that lottery tickets are highly accessible to underage youth despite legal prohibitions. The results provide valuable information that can be subsequently used in the development of responsible social policy and youth gambling prevention programs.