Young People

Counter-Strike skins can be opened through paid random cases, traded for real money and later used on roulette, Crash and case-battle sites.

Cases.gg publishes a house edge on mystery boxes offering Pokémon cards, consoles and trainers. GamRight looks at the mechanics, overseas regulatory action and the position in Great Britain.

A Gambling Commission survey asked 11 to 17-year-olds about VPNs and gambling access. Its 13% estimate is easy to misread.

Rip-and-ship card streams combine random packs, valuable chase cards, live selling and rapid repeat spending. We examine how closely the format resembles gambling.

A study of 60,331 Spanish adolescents found gambling was less common overall in 2021 than in 2019, while several gaming and esports groups moved the other way.