<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nearly 3.5 million Australians admit they are problem or at-risk gamblers, according to a new study.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Of this, 622,000 people confessed they are problem gamblers, a figure that has risen 22 per cent from last year, the survey of nearly 17,000 Aussies over 18 by Roy Morgan said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Problem gambling can be defined as a compulsive urge to gamble despite the negative impacts it could have on your financial, physical or mental health.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/hurricane-melissa-landfall-jamaica-live-updates-most-powerful-storm-of-2025/39ea098e-c578-4dec-8d68-3a844c6d72e4" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Nation ordered to evacuate as 'storm of the centu</span></strong></a><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/hurricane-melissa-landfall-jamaica-live-updates-most-powerful-storm-of-2025/39ea098e-c578-4dec-8d68-3a844c6d72e4" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>ry' makes landfall</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The research reveals younger Australians are more susceptible to problem gambling.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A majority of those who say they are problem gamblers are under 35, with 4.6 per cent of them being between 18-24-years-old.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A look at who the 'problem gamblers' are shows a concentration among younger Australians aged under 50," CEO of Roy Morgan Michele Levine said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/australia-gambling-study/29fd29b0-19d1-44dd-95cb-6b994525afc3" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-state-high-school-students-taught-wrong-subject-ancient-history-queensland-news/354199d1-897e-4f2b-b489-43f2935e6504" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Et tu: More schools revealed to have taught wrong topic</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The most recent </span><a href="https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/gambling" rel="" target="_blank" title="government data"><span>government data</span></a><span> revealed Australians spent over $31 billion on gambling, the highest figure ever.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This leads to significant financial stress and challenges for some.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Around 3.7 per cent of Aussies at risk of mortgage stress and 4.1 per cent of people at extreme risk of mortgage stress are problem gamblers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[This shows] problem gamblers are also likely to face other challenges," Levine added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>