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TABLE 3-8 Percentages of Adolescents Reporting That They Have Participated in Various Types of Gambling
Lifetime
Past Year
Form of Gambling
Range
Median
Number of Studies
Range
Median
Number of Studies
Any gambling
39-92
85
21
52-89
73
6
Cards
21-59
53
17
32-71
42
9
Casino
3-84
27
13
1-71
10
6
Financial markets
15-23
18
7
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Illicit
2-10
9
3
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Lottery
15-69
42
19
10-65
28
11
Pari-mutuel
7-41
20
15
4-29
9
8
Skill
12-51
41
17
22-60
31
10
Sports betting
11-49
31
17
16-53
40
10
Video lottery terminal
24-28
26
3
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NOTE: The estimates are independent and not necessarily from the same studies (i.e., some studies reported only lifetime proportions, and some studies reported both lifetime and past-year proportions of various forms of gambling participation).
SOURCE: Summarized from studies identified in Table 3-7 that reported pertinent data.