Youth Quiz

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A. Which of the following make gambling safe and fun?

1. Having other leisure activities.
2. Gambling to have fun
3. Expecting to lose
4. Planning ahead
5. All of the above

B. If you flip a coin nine times and it comes up tails each time. What are the odds that heads will occur on the tenth flip?

1. 50%
2. 100%
3. 80%
4. Hard to say exactly
5. 75%

C. If you don't gamble daily, you are not a problem or compulsive gambler.

• True or False

D. If you pick your own numbers in a lottery, your chances of winning are:

1. Better than if the computer picks
2. Worse than if the computer picks
3. Exactly the same
4. Depends on your numbers

E. Which of the following are forms of gambling?

1. Lotteries
2. Bingo
3. Slots
4. Horse racing
5. All of the above

F. The legal age to purchase and cash in lottery/scratch tickets is:

• 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 18 _ 19 _

G. Which statement is true?

1. Games played with a six-sided dice for money are illegal in Canada
2. A 16 year old can collect on a winning lottery ticket
3. There is help in Ontario for people with gambling problems

H. Where is the number one place that most young people learn how to gamble:

1. from their friends
2. bookies
3. at home
4. at school
5. pool halls/ arcades

I. The legal age to play bingo is:

• 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 18 _ 19 _

J. In games of chance and/or skill, playing cards is considered strictly a game of skill.

• True or False

K. Bringing “lucky” objects to bingo will increase your chance of winning.

• True or False

L. The legal age to participate at a casino is:

• 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 18 _ 19 _

M. If you are gambling and have lost more money than you can afford, a good strategy is to:

1. Get more money and keep gambling
2. Borrow some money and keep gambling
3. Stop gambling
4. Get more money and start increasing bets to get back what you lost.
5. Quit gambling for today, but return once you feel your good luck return

N. What are the odds of winning on one ticket on the Lotto 6/49?

1. 1 in 21 million
2. Impossible to know
3. 1 in 16 million
4. 1 in 14 million
5. depends upon the number of tickets sold

O. Gambling should not come before friends or family responsibility.

• True or False

P. Which one(s) of the following are signs that a person may have a gambling problem?

1. Regularly gambling more money than you can afford
2. Regularly gambling longer than intended
3. Often feeling guilty about gambling
4. Regularly gambling on horses

Q. Buying raffle tickets and betting on school sports events are not considered gambling

• True or False

R. Gamblers who lose large amounts of money just don’t know how to gamble.

• True or False

S. Playing Heads and Tails with the results appearing as: H H T H T H H H

Which of the following represents the GREATEST ODDS for the next three coin flips?

1. T T H
2. H H H
3. T H T
4. T T T
5. None of the above
6. Any of the above

T. People gamble strictly because it’s fun

• True or False

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