Potential risk of gambling products and online gambling among European adolescents

The analysis will show how factors important in increasing the chance of playing, are not necessarily important for generating a problematic gambler, who seems to be triggered by a lacking of family support, high money availability, and a social context with many slot and betting gamblers. Indeed, slot-machines emerge as the main game able to induce problematic behaviors also in other games, while young people are less sensible to lotteries, among others. Online gaming always increases the chances of becoming a problematic gambler.