Insight (1995)
Young Gamblers
TV-G
2014 • E5 Mar 17, 2014 60m"I probably play, you know, 40 or 50 tournaments a day." - Michael, 19
Poker, roulette, sports, pokies, young Australians are gambling every day. Nearly 80 per cent of those under 24 say they gambled during the course of a year.
Is it possible for them to keep their gambling under control?
This week on Insight, we talk to young gamblers of every hue: from those who are confident that they can come out on top, to those who have lost nearly everything.
Michael says he sometimes plays for twelve hours a day: "You can ..read your opponent and it becomes kind of a mathematic game. I’ve got a mathematic mind so I like that kind of challenge."
Sami: "I dreamt of being independent from my mum and dad and having something of my own, buying cars, buying a house."
Vince: 'If you sort of feel lucky and you’re around the vicinity of a casino "it kind of pulls me there."
Matt: "I could have five dollars in my pocket and I’d still venture down with that feeling of chance that I could turn it into something".
Poker, roulette, sports, pokies, young Australians are gambling every day. Nearly 80 per cent of those under 24 say they gambled during the course of a year.
Is it possible for them to keep their gambling under control?
This week on Insight, we talk to young gamblers of every hue: from those who are confident that they can come out on top, to those who have lost nearly everything.
Michael says he sometimes plays for twelve hours a day: "You can ..read your opponent and it becomes kind of a mathematic game. I’ve got a mathematic mind so I like that kind of challenge."
Sami: "I dreamt of being independent from my mum and dad and having something of my own, buying cars, buying a house."
Vince: 'If you sort of feel lucky and you’re around the vicinity of a casino "it kind of pulls me there."
Matt: "I could have five dollars in my pocket and I’d still venture down with that feeling of chance that I could turn it into something".