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Percent of Students Reporting Betting on Sports or Card Games Monthly or More Often in the Past Year, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2016
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11th14.4%40.1%27.1%
8th18.6%37.4%27.9%
9th16.6%38.3%27.4%
All Grades16.7%38.5%27.5%
Aitkin County11th10.4%33.3%22.5%
8th22.7%45.8%34.8%
9th13.3%20.5%16.3%
All Grades13.8%31.1%22.2%
Anoka County11th12.1%37.3%24.9%
8th18.6%40.3%28.9%
9th17.4%40.9%28.7%
All Grades16.3%39.6%27.7%
Becker County11th17.3%39.6%28.5%
8th17.2%40.0%28.6%
9th13.2%46.3%29.2%
All Grades15.8%42.1%28.8%
Beltrami County11th14.1%29.2%21.9%
8th26.3%28.1%27.2%
9th17.0%38.1%27.9%
All Grades19.8%32.0%26.0%
Benton County11th15.4%35.8%24.5%
8th14.4%42.2%27.8%
9th23.9%46.0%35.3%
All Grades18.4%42.6%30.2%
Big Stone County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Blue Earth County11th10.1%45.7%28.6%
8th14.6%32.9%23.8%
9th17.3%34.1%25.6%
All Grades14.2%37.4%25.9%
Brown County11th6.9%37.6%22.1%
8th18.6%40.9%30.4%
9th18.0%51.2%35.5%
All Grades15.0%44.0%30.0%
Carlton County11th20.5%43.4%31.6%
8th15.9%41.6%28.8%
9th15.7%33.8%25.2%
All Grades17.2%39.3%28.4%
Carver County11th13.7%37.9%26.5%
8th19.8%34.1%26.6%
9th17.0%44.1%30.3%
All Grades17.5%38.7%28.0%
Cass County11th17.7%33.8%25.8%
8th25.7%45.6%36.1%
9th20.7%39.1%30.1%
All Grades21.7%40.2%31.3%
Chippewa County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Chisago County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Clay County11th19.2%48.5%34.8%
8th19.1%36.5%27.5%
9th18.6%32.9%26.2%
All Grades19.0%39.0%29.3%
Clearwater County11th21.9%36.1%29.4%
8th26.2%36.8%31.3%
9th16.3%34.4%27.1%
All Grades21.4%35.5%29.0%
Cook County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Cottonwood County11th6.8%28.6%18.3%
8th9.1%18.4%14.0%
9th12.8%22.9%17.9%
All Grades9.6%23.3%16.7%
Crow Wing County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Dakota County11th14.6%44.6%29.7%
8th17.6%38.4%28.1%
9th15.8%42.1%28.8%
All Grades16.1%41.6%28.8%
Dodge County11th7.1%26.0%15.2%
8th17.4%27.1%22.1%
9th12.8%36.5%24.2%
All Grades12.7%30.5%21.0%
Douglas County11th16.8%48.6%33.8%
8th17.6%37.7%27.3%
9th23.2%46.1%34.5%
All Grades19.3%44.0%31.7%
Faribault County11th10.9%40.4%25.9%
8th32.6%27.3%29.7%
9th24.4%32.8%29.1%
All Grades21.9%33.5%28.2%
Fillmore County11th14.1%35.5%24.6%
8th22.2%25.7%24.1%
9th23.6%36.9%29.9%
All Grades20.1%32.5%26.3%
Freeborn County11th9.2%34.1%21.3%
8th17.8%30.2%23.7%
9th10.4%31.1%21.3%
All Grades13.0%31.6%22.2%
Goodhue County11th11.6%32.1%19.8%
8th18.4%30.6%24.5%
9th20.0%32.5%26.6%
All Grades16.5%31.7%23.8%
Grant County11th9.5%33.3%24.6%
8th23.8%34.5%28.2%
9th12.5%40.0%26.9%
All Grades16.8%36.0%26.7%
Hennepin County11th13.5%41.3%26.9%
8th17.4%38.2%27.5%
9th16.6%39.5%27.7%
All Grades16.1%39.4%27.4%
Houston County11th12.5%48.4%28.2%
8th22.4%32.9%27.3%
9th23.2%35.8%30.3%
All Grades19.4%38.1%28.7%
Hubbard County11th16.7%45.1%30.8%
8th22.4%38.1%29.5%
9th27.3%42.9%34.2%
All Grades22.5%42.2%31.6%
Isanti County11th6.5%34.4%20.3%
8th20.8%41.1%30.7%
9th15.6%36.8%26.0%
All Grades14.7%37.6%26.0%
Itasca County11th12.2%45.5%31.2%
8th20.5%38.8%29.9%
9th21.2%36.6%28.5%
All Grades18.8%40.0%29.7%
Jackson County11th15.4%34.5%23.5%
8th26.7%25.0%25.7%
9th25.6%26.8%26.2%
All Grades21.6%28.9%25.1%
Kanabec County11th19.0%31.9%26.2%
8th21.3%50.8%33.8%
9th16.9%43.0%30.7%
All Grades19.3%41.7%30.4%
Kandiyohi County11th11.4%38.4%26.2%
8th13.6%31.6%22.5%
9th13.3%29.1%21.4%
All Grades12.9%32.7%23.1%
Kittson County11th10.7%26.3%17.0%
8th18.2%25.0%21.4%
9th22.2%12.5%17.6%
All Grades16.2%21.8%18.7%
Koochiching County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Lac Qui Parle County11th25.0%38.9%32.4%
8th20.3%38.3%28.3%
9th13.5%33.3%23.3%
All Grades19.5%37.0%27.9%
Lake County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Lake of the Woods County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Le Sueur County11th12.2%38.3%23.9%
8th20.7%42.5%32.8%
9th17.8%39.2%29.0%
All Grades16.9%40.3%28.9%
Lincoln County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Lyon County11th15.0%21.3%18.0%
8th14.1%33.8%24.4%
9th14.6%41.6%28.1%
All Grades14.5%33.7%24.1%
McLeod County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Mahnomen County11th26.3%53.3%42.9%
8th32.0%68.4%54.0%
9th19.4%35.3%27.7%
All Grades25.3%52.9%41.2%
Marshall County11th21.4%30.6%26.6%
8th24.2%34.9%30.3%
9th17.5%32.3%23.9%
All Grades20.8%32.7%27.0%
Martin County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Meeker County11th7.5%27.8%17.1%
8th19.5%35.1%27.2%
9th12.6%28.7%21.1%
All Grades14.0%30.9%22.4%
Mille Lacs County11th18.9%42.0%30.2%
8th25.3%43.3%35.1%
9th19.0%42.9%30.1%
All Grades21.2%42.8%32.1%
Morrison County11th23.5%47.2%34.3%
8th23.0%41.4%31.7%
9th27.5%48.0%38.3%
All Grades24.7%45.7%35.0%
Mower County11th19.6%30.6%25.4%
8th23.0%41.3%32.7%
9th15.7%35.2%25.8%
All Grades19.4%36.2%28.2%
Murray County11th24.3%52.6%38.7%
8th26.8%38.7%31.9%
9th37.1%61.9%50.6%
All Grades29.2%52.3%40.6%
Nicollet County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Nobles County11th7.3%40.8%23.4%
8th17.0%32.6%24.0%
9th15.4%35.9%27.1%
All Grades13.6%36.2%24.9%
Norman County11th32.1%39.1%35.3%
8th26.1%36.4%31.7%
9th25.8%45.2%35.5%
All Grades27.6%39.5%33.6%
Olmsted County11th12.8%39.8%26.3%
8th17.3%36.8%26.9%
9th14.7%34.2%23.7%
All Grades15.2%36.7%25.6%
Otter Tail County11th13.8%41.6%27.7%
8th19.1%35.8%28.4%
9th14.9%41.3%28.0%
All Grades15.9%39.3%28.1%
Pennington County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Pine County11th14.5%42.7%29.6%
8th15.2%34.5%24.6%
9th21.0%39.8%30.6%
All Grades17.2%38.8%28.1%
Pipestone County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Polk County11th14.3%50.4%30.4%
8th14.8%27.7%21.2%
9th14.7%41.3%28.7%
All Grades14.6%38.7%26.5%
Pope County11th16.7%37.8%29.5%
8th12.5%48.8%32.9%
9th24.0%20.0%21.8%
All Grades17.3%37.0%28.6%
Ramsey County11th13.9%36.3%24.9%
8th20.0%35.1%27.4%
9th15.2%34.2%24.2%
All Grades16.3%35.2%25.5%
Red Lake County11th30.4%36.8%33.3%
8th33.3%33.3%33.3%
9th23.8%34.8%29.5%
All Grades29.4%34.9%32.1%
Redwood County11th15.1%27.1%21.4%
8th18.1%31.8%24.6%
9th19.4%27.9%23.4%
All Grades17.7%29.0%23.3%
Renville County11th10.9%28.9%17.6%
8th14.8%25.0%20.0%
9th16.7%25.6%20.6%
All Grades14.0%26.2%19.4%
Rice County11th11.7%38.3%24.4%
8th16.5%36.4%26.3%
9th14.2%33.9%24.0%
All Grades14.5%36.1%25.1%
Rock County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Roseau County11th13.0%31.9%24.6%
8th28.6%36.3%32.5%
9th18.8%35.4%27.6%
All Grades21.2%34.7%28.5%
St. Louis County11th14.0%41.1%27.8%
8th15.6%34.0%24.7%
9th16.1%36.9%26.5%
All Grades15.3%37.3%26.3%
Scott County11th14.7%42.3%28.1%
8th18.4%38.9%28.7%
9th16.4%37.1%27.0%
All Grades16.6%39.2%27.9%
Sherburne County11th17.5%42.1%29.8%
8th19.5%35.2%27.6%
9th17.6%38.2%27.7%
All Grades18.3%38.1%28.3%
Sibley County11th18.3%37.2%26.2%
8th11.1%42.4%27.1%
9th19.3%25.5%22.2%
All Grades16.1%35.6%25.3%
Stearns County11th21.4%41.0%30.9%
8th22.2%38.9%30.5%
9th19.1%39.3%29.0%
All Grades20.9%39.6%30.1%
Steele County11th14.1%41.9%27.2%
8th25.0%34.8%29.8%
9th16.8%36.4%26.8%
All Grades18.5%37.7%27.9%
Stevens County11th11.4%36.4%22.1%
8th25.7%29.3%27.6%
9th14.7%31.0%23.7%
All Grades16.8%31.9%24.5%
Swift County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Todd County11th17.2%36.7%27.2%
8th18.4%42.6%30.4%
9th17.2%30.2%24.0%
All Grades17.7%36.6%27.3%
Traverse County11th***
8th***
9th***
All Grades***
Wabasha County11th18.3%30.4%24.0%
8th21.4%50.0%36.5%
9th18.0%42.6%29.5%
All Grades19.2%42.0%30.3%
Wadena County11th18.5%29.5%23.2%
8th15.4%26.6%21.5%
9th9.2%29.7%18.6%
All Grades14.5%28.3%21.1%
Waseca County11th8.4%39.5%23.8%
8th18.2%32.5%24.6%
9th18.0%40.6%29.6%
All Grades15.2%37.8%26.2%
Washington County11th12.6%36.8%24.2%
8th16.4%36.8%26.8%
9th14.3%37.8%25.6%
All Grades14.5%37.1%25.6%
Watonwan County11th22.6%38.0%30.1%
8th5.9%34.3%22.0%
9th22.1%44.3%33.3%
All Grades17.4%39.0%28.7%
Wilkin County11th15.4%37.5%23.8%
8th20.6%31.6%26.4%
9th13.2%31.3%23.3%
All Grades16.2%32.7%24.4%
Winona County11th20.1%45.3%32.8%
8th14.9%32.5%23.6%
9th15.1%33.9%24.5%
All Grades16.6%37.1%26.8%
Wright County11th18.1%48.3%33.3%
8th22.3%44.2%33.0%
9th16.4%41.2%28.9%
All Grades19.0%44.4%31.7%
Yellow Medicine County11th15.6%36.4%26.2%
8th20.0%22.7%21.6%
9th7.9%46.5%28.4%
All Grades14.0%35.0%25.5%

About the Indicator:

 In 2016, students were asked the following question:

"During the last 12 months, how often have you done the following gambling/betting activities?

  • Played cards, bet on sports teams or games of personal skill, like video gaming, pool, golf, or bowling

  • Bought lottery tickets or scratch-offs

  • Gambled in a casino

  • Gambled for money online"

Response options included Not at all, Less than once a month, About once a month, About once a week, 2 to 6 times a week, and Daily. Data here include any student who reported gambling About once a month, About once a week, 2 to 6 times a week, or Daily.

Gambling is associated with increased substance use. In 2016, students who reported gambling monthly or more frequently in the past year were twice as likely to report alcohol use in the past month, compared to students who gambled less frequently or not at all. They were also 2.1 times as likely to report tobacco use, 2.0 times as likely to report marijuana use, and 2.3 times as likely to report prescription drug misuse in the past month. Students reporting problematic gambling were even more likely to report past-month substance use.

Data Source: Minnesota Student Survey (MSS)

Description: The MSS is a confidential and anonymous self-administered survey given to students attending Minnesota public, charter and tribal schools. From 1995 to 2010, the survey was administered to students in 6th, 9th, and 12th grades. New in 2013, the survey was administered to students in 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades. Trend data are now only available for 9th graders, and only for survey questions that did not change. Most schools elect to participate in the survey; in 2013, this included 84% of public schools in Minnesota.

Although the data are not presented here, the survey is also administered to area learning centers, juvenile correction facilities and private schools electing to participate.

Sponsored by: Minnesota Department of Education

Geographic Level: State, Region, and County

Aggregated data at the state and county level do not reveal disparities that may exist within a given geographic area.

Frequency: Data collected and reported every three years

Characteristics: The results of the MSS are also available at a county level. Data Privacy requirements mandate that data is presented in a manner such that no individual student can be identified through the presentation of the results. As part of the Data Privacy practices, the results are also presented in a manner that no individual school district could be identified through the results. Therefore, for counties that have only one school district, the results are not presented. Results are also withheld for counties in which the minimum number for student participation was not met.

The MSS is a “census” of schools, not a sample. The school districts get their own data. Fifth-graders were not asked all substance use questions. Some school districts do not participate, and student participation within the school district can vary widely. These data are self-reported.