A European Union Commission says there’s no direct link between kids’ online games and grownups’ online gambling.

European Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska made the statement in response to a question by a Greek member of the European Parliament. Manolis Kefalogiannis claimed to have read research that showed 7.9% of Greek kids aged 14-17 years “regularly gamble online” and those who play online games were three times as likely to experience “gambling dependency.”

In response, Bieńkowska acknowledged that it was right and proper to take measures to ensure kids are protected from harmful online content but said Safer Internet Programme research had failed to demonstrate “a direct link between children’s online activities and drawing children into gambling and future dependency.”

Perhaps the concerned Greek parliamentarian would be better off advocating against high school sports. New research led by the Tel Aviv University’s Dr. Belle Gavriel-Fried found that male students who participated in competitive sports were more likely to display higher rates of gambling frequency and problem gambling behavior while female athletes were at a higher risk of gambling frequency.