With the rate of youth gambling online on the rise, some Windsor high school students received a lesson on the risks and dangers of gambling in a unique and fun way.
The Responsible Gambling Council is touring schools with a game style show called 'Game Brain.'
For 45 minutes, about 800 students at Riverside High School learned what's fact and fiction surrounding gambling which includes fantasy sports, scratch tickets and online gambling.
"It is just so much more accessible now," says show host Jason Agnew. "I mean a lot of people think that gambling is just casinos and horse racing but there is more to it than that. I mean, it can start with video games with an addictive behaviour pattern."
He points out people between the ages of 18 and 24 are at highest risk of developing a gambling problem and although the Game Brain show isn't speaking to that particular demographic, it's about educating high school students about the risks so they don't develop problems later in life.
Agnew says there isn't a lot of education around problem gambling for teens.
"Gambling is one of those things that maybe doesn't get a lot of focus, but it can destroy a life, it can destroy a family," he says.
One in 25 teens are at risk of developing a gambling problem.
Although teens can't purchase a lottery ticket under the age of 18, Agnew says it does happen.