Gambling: a sure bet? The global challenges facing young people

By Heather Wardle, Lord Kelvin Adam Smith research fellow at the University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow

The global growth of gambling has led to tensions about what role it can and should play in our societies. In Kenya, the rise of online sports betting highlights broader social issues – with disillusioned youth using it as a way to fund themselves through university and through life. In Albania, the government is grappling with a social and health crisis after years of rapid gambling expansion and in the UK, current gambling legislation is under review,…

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