2010 OREGON STUDENT WELLNESS SURVEY DATA Youth gambling

Past 30 day activities

What’s increasing the most?

Youth gambling and ethnicity

Youth gambling and alcohol use

Youth gambling and binge drinking

Youth gambling and smoking

Youth gambling and marijuana

Youth gambling and skipping school

Youth gambling and depression

Youth gambling and suicide attempts

delinquency sexual behavior smoking drug use gambling Problem Behaviors Youth Problem Gambling: One Component of Problem Behaviors

Please share this data with:  Parent groups  Teachers  Community coalitions  Your own staff and colleagues  CCF/LADPC/etc

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Oregon Gambling: Summarized Oregon has more forms of legalized gambling and offers easier access to gambling than almost any other state - AND - Oregon is a nationally recognized leader in prevention, harm reduction and treatment for gambling problems Source: National Ctr for the Study of Gambling, 2006

Gambling is:  Betting something of value on an event with an uncertain outcome  Something of value can be money, time, emotion, etc.

…that’s 1 per classroom, yet it’s generally not addressed in schools In Oregon, 1 in 25 youth meets the criteria for problem gambling

Preference for new, exciting, low effort activities Minimal consideration of negative consequences More risky, impulsive all of which can play into gambling problems Adolescent Brains Are A Work In Progress

Messages to kids about gambling: positive, fun, a way to make money, everyone does it….where’s the balance??

Parental attitudes Oregon parent/youth focus groups revealed:  All parents in the groups said their kids didn’t gamble  All kids in the groups said they did gamble  Neither sees gambling as risky

Most parents believe:  Youth gambling is harmless  Youth who gamble are unlikely to have problems in school  Youth gambling is not associated with alcohol or drug use …and those beliefs are part of the problem

 Alternative high schools  School counselors  At risk youth programs  Youth detention facilities  Adolescent addiction treatment  School sports Targeting those at highest risk