Youth Gambling in Oregon: Data from Oregon Problem Gambling Services

For more information and other resources, contact: Julie Hynes | [email protected] | 541.682.3928 | www.preventionlane.org

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Youth Gambling in Oregon & Lane County Prevention

Program Efforts

For information in Lane County, contact: Julie Hynes, MA, CPS

Lane County Prevention Program [email protected] | 541.682.3928 www.preventionlane.org/gambling


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Youth Gambling: One Component of Problem Behaviors


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Gambling, substance use, and mental health among Oregon youth, 2010

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This graph shows that gambling is the most commonly risk behavior among youth in Oregon, yet it is not on the radar screen of most people. Often teachers or parents will say “we just don’t see it”, when problem gambling prevention talks address this issue—even though they don’t see it, it is clearly happening and generally without guidance or parameters set by parents, teachers or others.


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What’s Increasing the Most?

Many of the risk behaviors of concern are decreasing over time, while youth gambling is significantly increasing. More attention needs to be paid to this important and emerging risk behavior, particularly when you view it in terms of the correlation between youth gambling and these other, more well known, behaviors—the next series of slides will shed some light on this.


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Youth Gambling and other Addictive Behaviors


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Youth Gambling and Other Risky Behaviors

Percent of youth who attempted suicide in the past year

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Percent of youth that attempted suicide in the past year

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Youth who reported gambling more than they wanted to (a possible sign of a gambling problem) also reported higher rates of having attempted suicide in the past year than students who did not bet more than they wanted to.

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Most Parents Believe:


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Youth Gambling in Oregon: Data from Oregon Problem Gambling Services