Just Another Game? is aimed at 13-19 year olds in the more informal education settings, such as youth work. The materials have been developed by young people for young people, working in partnership with the Darlington Youth Service and Oldham Peacemakers.

Just Another Game? contains:

• 12 sessions for young people aged 13-19 years on:
  exploring what young people understand by the term gambling, issues relating to fruit machines and friendship, national lottery and scratch cards, internet gambling, betting at the bookies, risk taking behaviour, budgeting, money management and debt, positive and negative effects, problems which may arise from gambling and identifying the signs someone has a problem and strategies to address this

• 12 icebreakers to use with young people

• 19 photocopiable handouts for use with young people in the sessions

• 12 flash cards: photographs with questions of young people in gambling related situations

• an Open College Network (OCN) Accredited Course Pack in gambling

• 12 ‘reel deal’ information cards for young people

• 2 background papers on young people’s gambling

• 2 appendices containing further information for young people, professionals and parents/carers

• a CD Rom containing information about gambling, all the photographs and all the handouts.

Feedback Received:

"I used this with a young man who was heavily into using scratch cards; he felt he had no problems and it was only a matter of time for his big win.”

Selby Town 4 Youth

"There are very few resources with regard to working with young people about gambling issues. I found these particular resources to be well thought out and professional and, of very high quality!"

Hyndburn Youth Offending Team