Support with gambling


Gambling problems affect many Australians.

If you spend more money on gambling than originally planned, think about gambling more often, or lie or hide your gambling from family and friends, it may be negatively affecting you.

For every person that has a gambling problem, there are about seven others that are impacted by it. A group of people sitting in a circle and talking

Gambling problems can cause difficulties with:

  • Relationships
  • Employment
  • Significant unmanageable debt
  • Mental health problems
  • Substance use
  • Possible criminal activity

If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, we can help.

Services

Gambling Help Services provides free, one-on-one support to help people affected by gambling problems.

Consumer Voice Project links services and community groups with speakers who have overcome gambling problems, to raise awareness of problem gambling. 

PEACE Multicultural Gambling Help Services provide multicultural communities with free support related to problem gambling.

Professional training

Gamblers Rehabilitation Fund Training Service provides free training for professional workers within the Gambling Help sector.

PEACE Multicultural Services trains and supports bilingual community educators from culturally diverse groups, to provide assistance to their communities on issues related to problem gambling.

Books

Our library and bookshop has a large collection on books on overcoming problem gambling.

Links

Other websites about gambling that you may be interested in can be found in our links page.