I'm happy to get started on this.
As you know, gambling is illegal for those under 18. We did not ask about that specifically, but what we can identify is that there is a tremendous amount of bending the rules. Typically, Ontario has been the one that has legalized single-game sports betting, but we're seeing that coming in from every province and, of course, it's not legal in those provinces. In some provinces you go into, they're running ads saying, “Don't gamble on Bet365, but bet on our local platforms.”
There's some great work that is coming out of UBC and the centre for gambling there. Dr. Clark is his name. He's done a lot of work looking at the neurology as to what's happening with youth and, specifically, with gambling-like activities. I would think it's along the lines of Roblox, going in there, buying a randomized loot box and, then getting some random item inside that, or going on Call of Duty or some video game and getting a randomized loot box. It's essentially the same dopamine hit you get when you get that sort of experience. You're essentially participating in a gambling-adjacent activity, and these are available at any age.
There are even reports coming in, which we're seeing in some other countries as well, where they're taking artificial currencies like Robux and are actually able to participate and gamble their currency in Robux. It's not regulated because it's not a legal currency, so there are lots of ways that organizations are getting around this.
We do know that youth are being inundated with ads for these sorts of things, and it is essentially rewiring their brains for both expectations and what they're prepared to do. It's basically, again, legalized gambling.
I'll stop now because I'm sure other providers want to answer that as well.
