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Addiction |
Getting information about gambling addiction.
...Counselling may be a safe place to talk about some of the impacts of gambling addiction on you. |
Home - Promotion |
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These figures are the highest among any of the addictive disorders... |
Need Help - Research - Suicide |
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From the diagram below it is clear that the causes of gambling addictions are varying and multifaceted. |
Need Help - Research - Why Do Some People Develop Problems? |
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...physical environment of gambling venues also plays a role in the development of gambling addictions.
The design of games can also be an important aspect of gambling addictions. |
Need Help - Research - Environmental Factors |
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...genetics also may play a role in the development of a gambling addiction. |
Need Help - Research - Biological Factors |
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other addiction/s
...It is important to note that not all individuals who display these risk factors will develop gambling addictions. |
Need Help - Research - Personal and Situational Factors |
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Research has shown that with professional help, individuals are able to overcome gambling addictions. |
Need Help - Services - Getting Help |
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Adolescent |
Adolescents have been proven extremely susceptible to the enticements of gambling… |
Need Help - Research - Adolescent Gambling |
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Advertisment |
…and the more pervasive advertising and promotion of gambling… |
Need Help - The Facts - Gambling in Australia |
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…an environment in which gambling is sensationalised, advertised and government supported… |
Need Help - Research - Adolescent Gambling |
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Advertising plays a major role in such widespread appeal and public acceptance… |
Need Help - Research - Environmental Factors |
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Availability |
…can vary in duration depending on participant and Gambling Help staff availability. |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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Betting |
Betting is staking money on the outcome of a future event |
Need Help - Research - What is Gambling? |
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Counselling |
...Counselling may be a safe place to talk about some of the impacts of gambling... |
Home - Promotion |
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Counselling is one way for people who are having a problem with gambling… to seek help.
...Counselling can help to alleviate emotional pain and suffering.
...Counselling can help you to improve your communication skills…
...Counselling can assist you to explore ways of changing your behaviours.
...What counselling cannot do is change you.
...Counselling can help if you put into practice what you have explored/learned. |
About Us - How Can Counselling Help? |
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An information session will also cover an overview of what happens in counselling… |
About Us - Community Information and Awareness |
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Counselling ...Financial Counselling ...Relationship Counselling (Info Sheets) |
Need Help - Info Sheets |
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Counsellors |
Get in touch with a Financial Counsellor for advice.
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Counsellors are professionals trained in behavioural and social sciences, and financial matters.
...For many, talking to a counsellor helps them gain a greater understanding of their situation.
…Counsellors are supoprtive and respectful of you need for privacy. |
About Us - How Can Counselling Help? |
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Gambling help counsellors hear stories every day from loved ones who "had no idea it was going on"... |
About Us - Community Information and Awareness |
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General Practitioners, Medical Officers, Nurses, psychologists, social workers, counsellors… |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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Crime |
A large proportion of individuals with gambling problems commit some type of criminal offence... |
Need Help - Research - Gambling and Crime |
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Debt |
These impacts can include debt, relationship problems, lack of trust and fear about your future. |
Home - Promotion |
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Education |
...services also provide community education on the risks associated with gambling. |
Home - About Gambling Help |
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...education and training for individuals and groups in the general community... |
About Us - Awareness, Education and Training Opportunities |
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3. Education and training workshops |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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Environment |
…an environment in which gambling is sensationalised, advertised and government supported... |
Need Help - Research - Adolescent Gambling |
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Environmental Factors… legislation… availability and accessibility… advevrtising… physical environment… design |
Need Help - Research - Environmental Factors |
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Family |
If you or a family member or friend can relate to any of these signs...
...developing serious problems in your personal and family life. |
Home - Do You: |
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HINTS FOR FAMILIES COPING WITH PROBLEM GAMBLING. |
Home - Promotion |
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...evidence that their gambling is causing personal, social, family, occupational, or legal problems.
...Family problems with alcohol, drugs, or gambling. |
Need Help - Research - Problem Gambling |
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Problem gambling impacts upon individuals, families and communities.
...Gambling destroys individiuals. It destroys families. It destroys the poor, the young and the old. |
Need Help - Research - Impacts of Problem Gambling |
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...the majority of adolescents are introduced to gambling by their family and friends... |
Need Help - Research - Adolescent Gambling |
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...problem gambling is an indicator of more complex underlying issues operating for an individual and/or their family. |
Need Help - Research - Why Do Some People Develop Problems? |
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Family Strategies (Info Sheets) |
Need Help - Info Sheets |
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Importantly, it is also vital for family members and friends to seek professional help. |
Need Help - Services - Getting Help |
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...families who have lost their homes, their savings, and most importantly their trust. |
About Us - Community Information and Awareness |
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Financial |
Do You: ...Commit unlawful acts to finance gambling?
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Home - Do You: |
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...Protect yourself financially. Get in touch with a Financial Counsellor for advice. |
Home - Promotion |
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Gambling is proving to be the source of financial and personal ruin… |
Need Help - Research - Problem Gambling |
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...business difficulties, relationship breakdowns, personal issues, and financial devastation. |
About Us - Community Information and Awareness |
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Gambling |
Please choose from the issues of gambling within this site map |
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Gaming |
Gaming is the exchange of money on the outcome of a game. |
Need Help - Research - What is Gambling? |
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…groups in the general community, gaming industry and the health and welfare sectors. |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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Gambling Help staff liaise with gaming venues on a regular basis to develop and maintain links for referral options.
…Other services provided to gaming venues include:… Debriefing and support to gaming venue staff.… If you are a CLO or manager of a gaming venue, you can contact your local Gambling Help Service. |
About Us - Industry, Training, Information and Liaison |
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Government |
In 1999-2000 State governments reaped $4.39 billion from all forms of gambling. |
Need Help - The Facts - Gambling in Australia |
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...gambling is sensationalised, advertised , and government supported and endorsed. |
Need Help - Research - Adolescent Gambling |
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Impacts |
The impacts on families can be enormous depending on the severity of the gambling problem
...These impacts can include debt, relationship problems, lack of trust and fear about your future.
...Counselling may be a safe place to talk about some of the impacts of gambling...
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Home - Promotion |
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Problem gambling impacts upon individuals, families… |
Need Help - Research - Impacts of Problem Gambling |
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Out of 300 people with problem gambling, 1500-3000 peole will be negatively impacted.
...strategies on how to deal with problem gambling if it impacts on you personally. |
About Us - Community Information and Awareness |
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Prevalence of Problem Gambling and its impact. |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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Legal |
…four main categories of legal gambling can be identified. |
Need Help - Research - What is Gambling? |
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…commit criminal offences when legal sources of funds are totally exhausted... |
Need Help - Research - Gambling and Crime |
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Losses |
On average each Australian adult loses about $931 a year, with individuals with gambling problems losing an average of $12 000 a year... |
Need Help - The Facts - Gambling in Australia |
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...in which they play hoping to win, but in reality, expecting to lose... |
Need Help - Research - Problem Gambling |
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...commit criminal offences when legal sources of funds are totally exhausted in an attempt to recover losses... |
Need Help - Research - Gambling and Crime |
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Losing Your Shirt, Mary Heineman. |
Links - Books |
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Do you know that you are COMPOUNDING YOUR LOSSES ! !
...why do people remember &/or talk about their wins and do not talk about their losses? |
Resposible Gambling - Compounding The Loses |
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Lotteries |
Lotteries are the distribution of money by 'lot' or number… |
Need Help - Research - What is Gambling? |
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Money |
Do You: ...Hide how much money you send on gambling?
...Borrow money or sell goods to assist in paying your household bills? |
Home - Do You: |
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…large amounts of money that Australian's are spending on gambling related activities… |
Need Help - The Facts - Gambling in Australia |
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…voluntarily staking an item of value (usually but not always money)... |
Need Help - Research - What is Gambling? |
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…money is not the predominant reason why individuals engage in excessive gambling. |
Need Help - Research - Why Do Some People Develop Problems? |
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...your local Gambling Help Service can also be found on the back of the ‘Are you Gambling With More than Your Money’ Cards. |
About Us - Industry, Training, Information and Liaison |
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I take more money with me than I am willing to lose.
...Believing I can make money from gambling. |
Resposible Gambling - High Risk Low Risk? |
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Money down the drain for those hoping to win big. |
Resposible Gambling - Compounding The Loses |
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Odds |
Facts - the true odds. GOLD LOTTO… Odds of winning first division. |
Facts - the true odds |
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Odds of winning |
Need Help - Info Sheets |
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Poker Machines (Pokies) |
ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES (Pokies) |
Facts - the true odds |
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gambling expenditure has increased in all states largely as a result of the introduction of poker machines |
Need Help - The Facts - Gambling in Australia |
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This category includes card games, poker machines, two-up... |
Need Help - Research - What is Gambling? |
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bill acceptors on poker machines, the speed of games is faster, more races to bet on more days of the week...
...poker machines use the psychological principle of intermittent reinforcement, which is known to increase behaviour. |
Need Help - Research - Environmental Factors |
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How pokies work ...Pubs without pokies ...Self ban pokies |
Need Help - Info Sheets |
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If you put a $100.00 into a pokie and play it through it will return to you on average $85.00. |
Resposible Gambling - Compounding The Loses |
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Privacy |
Our counsellors are supportive and respectful of your need for privacy. |
About Us - How Can Counselling Help? |
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Resources |
The workshops will provide you with resources and information... |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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Speculation |
Speculation is gambling on business, insurance or stock markets… |
Need Help - Research - What is Gambling? |
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Suicide |
…approximately 1 in 10 individuals contemplate or attempt suicide as a direct result of their gambling habits… |
Need Help - Research - Suicide |
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…many adolescents contemplate suicide or resort to crime as a result of their out of control gambling. |
Need Help - Research - Adolescent Gambling |
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Support |
Seek support. This may include:...
...Offer support if you can. Some examples of positive support can include: |
Home - Promotion |
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This liaison is done in accordance with the Responsible Gambling Code of Practice, and will offer support to venues around issues of self exclusions.
... Support and information for staff and/or patron enquiries;...
...Debriefing and support to gaming venue staff. |
About Us - Industry, Training, Information and Liaison |
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...youth workers, allied health workers, and support staff working with people in the community sector. |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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Signs/Symptoms |
can relate to any of these signs then you/they may be at risk of developing serious problems in your personal and family life. |
Home - Do You: |
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A further 2.7% ( 71 000 people ) are either at risk of developing a gambling problem or are displaying early signs of excessive gambling. |
Need Help - The Facts - Gambling in Australia |
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Identification of signs and symptoms of problem gambling; |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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Some signs that your gambling may be becoming a problem: |
Need Help - Research - Problem Gambling |
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Relapse warning signs ...Signs of problem gambling |
Need Help - Info Sheets |
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...some of the signs that a persons gambling has become problematic,... |
About Us - Community Information and Awareness |
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If you tick any High Risk signs you could be putting yourself at risk of problem gambling. |
Responsible Gambling - High Risk Low Risk? |
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Tax |
Overall 10-12% of taxation revenue in all states is generated from gambling taxation revenue. |
Need Help - The Facts - Gambling in Australia |
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Training |
…benefit personally from a free training, information or awareness session.
...education and training for individuals and groups in the general community… |
About Us - Awareness Education and Training Opportunities |
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Participation in the Responsible Service of Gambling Training;…
...Participation in the Code of Practice Training;… |
About Us - Industry, Training, Information and Liaison |
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The gambling help service will provide training sessions to health and welfare workers…
...training sessions will be tailored to meet the particular needs of each group… |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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Workshop |
Education and Training Workshop - Allied Health Professionals |
About Us - Awareness Education and Training Opportunities |
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The Gambling Help Service will organise a workshop for any group of three or more people. |
About Us - Community Awareness and Information |
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The workshops will provide you with resources and information on how to identify, approach and work with the issue of problem gambling. |
About Us - Education and Training Workshops |
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