The purpose of my work was to reveal (discover) the reason why youth are interested in gambling. One of the reasons I decided to choose this subject because I find it very interesting and just recently gambling became legal in Lithuania. With the exception of some newspapers reviews, gambling as a social problem haven’t been researched in Lithuania and in particularly gambling problems among youth. In the theory part of my work I explain the meaning of gambling, review the history and development of gambling, also the classification of games and gamblers, review the scale how gambling is spread world wide and in Lithuania, I point out the specific of the youth gamblers. In the last part of my work I analyzed the reason why youth are interested in gambling. I also present my interviews with a gamblers and the reason why they are interested and drawn into gambling. I compare gambling to other form of entertainment; discuss the levels of involvement in gambling, the problems it create and how to prevent. The methods used in my work are: the analysis of scientific literature, historical-comparison, statistic and qualitative analysis interview. I use a snowball selection; the results were used based on individual interviews with individual gamblers and in various places. All interviews were done by asking questions, which I prepared in advance and all discussion was recorded. I strongly believe that my work will be useful and will help to prevent the spread of gambling problem and serve as an educational tool.Švietimo akademijaVytauto Didžiojo universiteta
