Researchers from Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) and Lancaster University’s Psychology department have joined forces with Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust; Delphi Medical, a leading provider of drug and alcohol addiction treatment in the Northwest; and Blackburn foodbank, to embark on a new project which will assess the prevalence of problem gambling across the region.

More info: https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/news/article/new-lancaster-research-to-assess-extent-of-problem-gambling-across-lancashire

#gambling #GamblingAddiction #GamblingProblem

It must be difficult for those suffering from #GamblingAddiction right now. Gambling adverts seem to be everywhere regardless, but this #worldcup has taken it to another level. It needs to be kicked out of the game. #fifa

Insider alleges Ontario gambling VIP programs aim to stop high-spenders from quitting — even when they want to https://bit.ly/3Vri6et #OLG #Casinos #VIP #GamblingAddiction #ConnexOntario #AGCO #GatewayCasinos #onpoli

Insider alleges Ontario gambling VIP programs aim to stop high-spenders from quitting — even when they want to https://bit.ly/3Vri6et #OLG #Casinos #VIP #GamblingAddiction #ConnexOntario #AGCO #GatewayCasinos #onpoli

@alskicav @ladyhaja The blunt truth behind the jolly TV ads, often featuring the regular #SkySports football pundits.
Many of the betting firms featured in #theguardian article are familiar sponsor names on team shirts and advertising hoardings at football grounds. #GamblingAddiction

Front page of The Times contrasts the two faces of football: the joy of Saudi fans celebrating their nation’s #FIFAWorldCup victory over Argentina and the misery of rising cases of #gamblingaddiction among ‘young men in football shirts’.

@peterswimm :ablobfoxdundundunowo:
posting + reading social media gives off like one-armed-bandit vibes?

https://twilightzone.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fever

#SocialMedia
#GamblingAddiction

This is a 💔 read at times. Very brave, well researched and gutwrenching honesty from
@ladyhaja

#TheGuardian
#Gambling
#GamblingAddiction

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/20/gambling-addiction-tennis-bet365-online-betting-hannah-jane-parkinson?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&s=09