Gambling Habits of Adolescents in two Urban Areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The aim of this paper is to get insight in gambling habits of adolescents in urban areas of Bosnia and Herzeegovina, and confirm the precentage of adolescents which are in risk or have already developed gambling problems. The study included 1036 students, from first to final grade of high school, vocational and vocational-technical high school programs. It was assumed that most high school students gamble on sports betting, then the lottery games of chance and slot machine clubs, while other kinds are less common and that there are differences in gambling activities considering age so that older adolescents gamble more intense and frequent. The survey showed that 70% of high school students gambled at least once in their life. The young usually play sports betting, gamble online for money and play TV bingo, while less than a tenth of students go to casino on a weekly basis, which indicates the severity of the gambling population.