Gambling harms

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Projects

Building Knowledge of Minority Communities’ Lived Experience of Gambling and Gambling Harms across Great Britain
Inequalities and vulnerable communities
Gambling harms
Lived experience
Affected others

GambleAware has awarded a £300,000 grant to build knowledge about the lived experience of minority communities in relation to gambling to inform delivery of our Organisation and Commissioning Strategy over the next five years. ‘Minority communities’ includes minority ethnic, minority religion, and minority language communities.

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Building knowledge of stigma related to gambling and gambling harms in Great Britain
Gambling harms
Lived experience
Inequalities and vulnerable communities

GambleAware has commissioned a scoping paper that will establish what is known about stigma related to gambling and gambling harms. Knowledge about stigma, and the discrimination it drives, will inform all GambleAware’s commissioning activity to prevent gambling harms, including public awareness campaigns, education, treatment, and research.

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Building Knowledge of Women’s Lived Experience of Gambling and Gambling Harms across Great Britain
Gambling harms
Gambling behaviour and industry
Lived experience
Inequalities and vulnerable communities

GambleAware has awarded a £250,000 grant to build knowledge about the drivers of gambling participation and of gambling harms experienced by women, and to understand the differences among sub-groups of women. The knowledge accrued from this research will be used to inform GambleAware’s commissioning practices.

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Publications

Scoping Current Evidence and Evidence-Gaps in Research on Gambling-Related Suicide.

GambleAware commissioned a project on ‘Gambling-related suicide’ comprising three parts: prevalence of gambling associated suicidal behaviours using the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) 20071; a study of gambling, suicidal behaviours and loneliness using the APMS 20072; and a scoping workshop with stakeholders to better understand evidence and knowledge gaps regarding gambling and suicide. This is the third report of the project, incorporating discussions from the scoping workshop held in London on March 8th 2019.

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Exploring problem gambling, loneliness and lifetime suicidal behaviours: a cross-sectional study using the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007

Loneliness, defined as the subjective perception of a lack of contact with other people, is associated with premature mortality, mental ill-health, and increased use of health services. We aimed to explore the extent to which loneliness may be associated with gambling and suicidal thoughts, non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH), self-harm and suicide attempts.

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Problem gambling and suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm in England: evidence from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007

Concern has been raised about a possible relationship between problem gambling and suicidality, but relatively few studies have examined this. To strengthen the evidence base, Gamble Aware commissioned a project with two objectives. Firstly, to establish whether problem gambling and suicidality are associated. And secondly, to review what data exist or could be collected in order to investigate any association in more depth. This report addresses the project’s first objective. A subsequent report will address the second objective.

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Measuring gambling-related harms: A Framework for action

This report is the output of an expert group assembled to a) agree a definition of gambling-related harms to be used in British policy and practice, b) consider how gambling-related harms may be better understood, measured and monitored and c) to explore whether it is possible to attach some estimate of the social cost of gambling-related harms and make recommendations about how that may be done.

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Cards on the table: The cost to government of problem gambling in Great Britain

This report aims to highlight the extent of problem gambling in Great Britain, to build a picture of the range of comorbid social, health and financial problems that can occur alongside problem gambling, and to provide a first step on the road towards understanding the impact that problem gambling has on the public finances. In doing so, we hope that the effects of problem gambling can go on to be better understood across government and society, making it a hidden addiction no longer.

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Case studies

Ben's story

"No one ever talks about losses. So, it's really hard to even know if someone's got a problem or not, because if you haven’t won for a while – you just won’t say anything...Hearing other people’s stories that are similar to mine kind of makes you think ‘Wait a minute’… you realise you’re not a million miles away from it."

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Mina's story

"I try and set myself limits to keep it under control. You can sit there and say you’re in control – but sometimes you’re not. Having a spend calculator is really helpful….it visually shows how much you’re spending. You can’t ignore it."

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Adam's story

"I never thought I had a problem. I didn't want to be seen like a gambler and addict. But they're all the things that I was...I think now knowing that I can pick up the phone to someone, or I could reach out to someone and get help straight away…it might have been easier."

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Danni's story

"At first I wouldn’t say anything because actually... it's not really my place to say, it's not my money. Then I thought I could help him, but I realise now that's not the case and I should have looked after myself first… I still sometimes have to remember to do that."

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Joanne's story

"I never talked about anything. I wish I had, just saying stuff out loud makes such a difference… I went to group meetings and the more I spoke about my story, the more open I was. And the more I was getting asked questions and getting more involved. It was that that helped me in my recovery."

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