1. Provide the group with a set of ‘Statistics Cards’, which outline various harmful products.

2. Ask the group to put the cards in order from what they estimate to have the lowest percentage, to the highest.

3. As the group discuss the order, ask what factors may cause use of these harmful products to go up and down (e.g. education, parent participation, advertising, visibility, trends).

4. This may be a good time to discuss the different ways young people might gamble, and why they might gamble.

5. Once the group have decided on their final answer, reveal the correct order and associated statistics. You can facilitate discussion around what participants may have found interesting, why gambling is so prevalent, and how gambling
   harm is addressed in school and other settings, compared with other harmful products.

Alternative options:

This game can be done in pairs or in small groups.

Instead of reading from the answer sheet, you may want to write the answers on the back of each card once printed.

You could give one card to four different participants and then ask the group to form a line from the person with the
card with the lowest percentage to the one with the card with the highest percentage.

Additional notes:

This activity is designed to use with parents and caregivers, and is not suitable for use with children and young people. This is because discussing the prevalence of gambling with young people may unintentionally normalise gambling, or cause them to feel they are ‘missing out.’

This research was conducted across GB – the prevalence of each activity and the order of past year participation may differ in different areas.