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The Claim

The Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYÉI) estimated in 2023 that roughly 12% of Hungarian secondary school students engage in some form of online betting monthly.

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The Short Version

The 12% figure appears to be real, but the claim assigns it to the wrong institution. Available evidence ties the estimate to 2023 ESPAD data reported by Hungary’s National Focal Point and cited by the EUDA, not to a published OGYÉI estimate. It also refers specifically to 15-16-year-olds, not secondary school students as a whole.

Caveats

  • The statistic is credibly reported, but the attribution to OGYÉI is not substantiated by OGYÉI’s own 2023 publications.
  • The underlying data point refers to 15-16-year-old students, which is narrower than the claim’s broader wording about all secondary school students.
  • Indirect input from health institutes does not establish that OGYÉI itself produced or published the estimate.

The Receipts

  1. OGYÉI 2023 - 2023.04.18.

    OGYÉI

  2. 2023 események

    OGYÉI

  3. OGYÉI Official Website

    OGYÉI (Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition)

  4. KSH Official Website

    KSH (Hungarian Central Statistical Office)

  5. "Egészséges Magyarország 2021−2027" Egészségügyi Ágazati Stratégia

    WHO

  6. BELÜGYMINISZTÉRIUM „Egészséges Magyarország 2021-2027" Egészségügyi Ágazati Stratégia

    Kormány.hu

  7. Trends in problematic gambling among school-aged adolescents

    PubMed Central (NIH)

  8. EMCDDA - European Drug Report and Monitoring

    European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

  9. PubMed Database

    PubMed (National Center for Biotechnology Information)

  10. Hungarian Parliament Official Website

    Hungarian Parliament (Országgyűlés)

+ 11 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYÉI)Hungary

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