Odds Are: They Win Campaign- lifting the lid on hidden harms from gambling
Odds Are: They Win Campaign- lifting the lid on hidden harms from gambling
Odds Are: They Win Campaign- lifting the lid on hidden harms from gambling
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'Odds Are: They Win' Campaign
Lift the lid on the hidden harms associated with gambling.
In Greater Manchester, we’re lifting the lid on the hidden harms associated with gambling, through the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Odds Are: They Win campaign.
This unique campaign is an anti-gambling harms campaign, created to expose gambling industry tactics and to raise awareness of how this ultimately increases your risk of experiencing harm from gambling.
Sadly, the risk of harm from gambling is more common than you might think. A staggering 1 in 15 Greater Manchester residents suffer harm related to gambling today.
The odds are, that’s someone you know.
Harms are not just financial, they can impact your work, health and wellbeing, children, friends and family.
Spot the Signs...
If gambling is impacting your life, you’re not alone. And recognising the signs of harm from gambling could help identify when it might be time to seek help for yourself, or others.
Gambling on higher risk products, such as online slots, casino games and bingo, in-play sports betting and fixed odds betting terminals
Feeling anxious, worried, guilty, depressed or irritable
Spending more money and time on gambling than you planned
Having arguments with family or friends about money and gambling
Losing interest in usual activities or hobbies and neglecting work, family and personal needs/responsibilities
Chasing losses or relying on gambling as a means to make money
Needing to gamble with more money or for a longer period of time to get the same feeling of excitement
Gambling Support...
Free and confidential advice and support is available in Greater Manchester for people who gamble, people who are worried about someone else’s gambling, or for people recovering from past gambling.
Help with setting gambling blocks and limits - like setting deposit and time limits to make sure you don’t spend more time or money than you planned to
Peer support groups and advice - like GamHive and Gamblers Anonymous
Specialist gambling services - like the NHS Northern Gambling Service and the National Problem Gambling Helpline
And services that provide help and advice to help manage the consequences of gambling disorders - like Shine a Light on Suicide, Gambling With Lives and the Citizens Advice Bureau
GM Helpline
For more information on the help and support available to you or others, visit the GM Free and Confidential Helpline.
And remember, whatever the gambling product, whoever the gambling operator and whichever
way you look at it, the Odds Are: They Win.
