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GambleAware targets wider availability of support with interactive maps
25th May 2021
| By Robert Fletcher
British gambling charity GambleAware has launched a set of new interactive maps to help identify take up and reported demand for treatment and support services for gambling harms across Great Britain.
The maps indicate the areas that have a higher take up of gambling treatment and support, as well as the regions where there is a greater reported demand for, or awareness of, such services.
In areas where there is a reportedly higher reported demand for gambling treatment, the charity encouraged local authorities to do more to promote the existing help available through the National Gambling Treatment Service.
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By Rachel Stonehouse I was about 18 or 19 when I got hooked, says Danielle. It started off with a £20 bet online where I won £1,000 and then it got bad really quickly.
Before she knew it, Danielle was using her student loan, overdraft and even phone bill to gamble online. I was in a bad place and it filled an emptiness in my life. People assume everyone does it to win money or for the excitement, but it stopped me feeling lonely and anxious.
Statistics published by the gambling charity GamCare show that of the 38,404 calls received to its helpline between 2019-2020, six out of ten were from people aged 35 or under.