Gambling Frenzy
Gambling welfare campaigners have warned of a potential “frenzy...
📲Gambling Frenzy⚽️
Gambling welfare campaigners have warned of a potential “frenzy” in betting on football when the Premier League and Championship restart.
Research by the Gambling Commission into betting habits during the Covid-19 lockdown, published this month, has found they remained quite resilient despite the lack of sport and large numbers of people suffering a drop in income, with only a 5% decrease in active player accounts.
A finding that has worried campaigners is the large proportion, 62%, of “engaged gamblers” – people who participate in three or more gambling activities over a four-week period – who in March and April increased the time or money they spent on at least one gambling activity. The research also found a significant increase over the last year in the number of different gambling activities by people who bet online, from 26% engaging in more than one online activity in April 2019 to 42% during the full lockdown month this April.
GamCare (gamcare.org.uk, helpline: 0808 8020 133) offers free information, support and counselling for problem gamblers in the UK. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org.
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