Ireland’s youths appear to have no problem accessing forbidden land-based gambling products but it’s a far more challenging environment online, according to the country’s latest (and extremely dated) gambling prevalence report.

This week, Ireland’s Health Research Board released its latest gambling prevalence study, which incredibly dates all the way back to 2014-15, which we guess is in keeping with the country’s tortoise-like approach to updating its gambling laws, but still…

The survey conducted face-to-face queries of 7,005 Irish residents aged 15+ between August 2014 to August 2015. The survey’s definition of gambling included everything from lottery tickets, casinos, online gambling, betting shops, racetracks to playing bingo and card games with family or friends.

Some 64.5% of respondents admitted gambling in some form over the previous 12 months, with 41.4% doing so on a monthly basis. Lottery products led the way with 56.7% participation, followed by betting in a bookmaker’s shop (15.3%), betting at a horse or dog track (12.7%) and playing cards for money with friends or family (7.8%).