Gambling should be treated as a pleasure and should NEVER be seen as a way to earn money. Whilst many people do gamble within their means, for others gambling can become difficult to control. To help you remain in control of your gambling, it’s good to remember;
If your gambling affects your mood, if you are gambling in secret or if gambling is having any other detrimental effect on your lifestyle, livelihood and/or home/work life, it is possible you may have a gambling problem, or may need to seek advice on managing your gambling.
If you are in need of support for problem gambling, it is important to talk to someone about this. Several organisations that we can recommend for help are:
Gambling Therapy is a free, global online service offering practical advice and emotional support to anyone affected by problem gambling.
Want to share your experience with someone online? Visit GamTalk to connect with people who have been through this before.
Here you can find a full list of the organizations that provide gambling help for Canadians:
List of the Gambling Help Organizations in Canada
If feel you need a support for problem gambling, it is important to talk to someone about this. Here are several organisations that we can recommend for help:
PGF Services provide free counselling, advice and support to gamblers and their families, working to ensure that support for our Māori clients fits a kaupapa Māori way of working.
Ministry of Health / Manatū Hauora
The Ministry of health (Manatū Hauora) provides Problem gambling intervention services and Problem gambling public health services.
For some people gambling can change from being an entertaining and pleasurable activity and become a problem. When that happens, gambling becomes too important in a person’s life and hurt their social and financial well-being, excluding him/herself from their family and their friends to focus on gambling. Here are the organizations we recommend if you need help with problem gambling in south Africa:
Visit South African Responsible Gambling Foundation
The Responsible gambling Foundation has the mission to grow awareness of responsible gambling and to ensure that the potential negative and harmful effects of gambling are managed and minimised through an integrated and well managed programme of problem gambling prevention.
Being a compulsive gambler can harm your health and relationships, and leave you in serious debt. If you have a problem with gambling and you’d like to stop, support and treatment is available. When you feel you need help it’s time to talk to someone. Here are some organizations that provide help wit solving gambling problems:
GamCare offers free information, support and counselling for problem gamblers in the UK. It runs the National Gambling Helpline (0808 8020 133) and also offers face-to-face counselling.
BeGambleAware organization offers free, confidential help and support to anyone who’s worried about their – or someone else’s – gambling.
Gamblers Anonymous UK Gamblers Anonymous UK runs local support groups that use the same 12-step approach to recovery from addiction as Alcoholics Anonymous. There are also GamAnon support groups for friends and family
Gambling is part of everyday life in Finland and traditionally considered to be a source of fun for the whole country. However, gambling may cause problems and become excessive, which is why it is important to prevent the harmful effects of gambling. We recommend seeking help from these organizations:
EHYT Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention
In addition to alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse prevention, their remit also encompasses gaming and gambling. EHYT’s aim is to improve well-being across Finnish society.
Peluuri’s helpline is open every weekday from 12 noon to 6 pm. Peluuri’s chat is open mon, wed, fri from 12 noon to 3 pm. Their services are free and confidential and in English if possible.
If your gambling becomes a problem it’s time to seek help. A good place to start is visiting the international gambling helplines lists:
Visit GamblersAnonymous.org List of County Helplines
Visit EuropeanCasinoAssosiation.org list of EU helplines