Online gambling activities like听bingo, poker,听betting, or more specific types of gambling, have听seen a huge increase听in popularity as access is now easily available. Gambling carries the risk of criminal activity and can听especially be an issue for vulnerable people. It can also be addictive, and you need to know when to stop.听The Gambling Commission regulates the gambling industry and听ensures that operators provide responsible gambling; their website has some useful information on gambling and how to听.

In recent years, online gaming has been linked with听gambling-like features, such as loot boxes and skins, through the听promotion of听extra听payments for听add-ons and in-game purchases. Gaming听can become seriously addictive and increase your exposure to听non-monetary gambling and gambling related advertising, which appear听within games. and have specific guidance and听support if you,听or someone you know, needs help with gaming and gambling addiction.

In addition, problem gambling or gaming addiction could lead to involvement with cryptocurrency and online trading scams, both of which can target students and trick people听into losing money. Find out more and how to keep safe from money making scams.

Evaluate your own gaming and gambling

Check out these听articles to help you evaluate whether your hobby is enriching your life or might be heading in a negative direction:

Finding support

If you've been affected by gambling or gaming and wish to speak to听someone, there are a number of free services which you can access:

  • 听- Ara offer free advice, ongoing support, 1 to 1 counselling and workshops to anyone struggling with their own gambling, or affected by someone else鈥檚 gambling. Services or advice can be accessed directly by:
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There is a lot of information on the听听regarding gambling and where to find help.

Self-exclusion

Self-exclusion is a way to听limit听the amount of online gambling you're able to do听by asking the gambling provider to exclude you from gambling with them for a set length of time. You can find out more on the following websites:

  • 听from the Gambling Commission (including听GAMSTOP)
  • 鈥� software to block online gambling sites and apps.

Useful apps to track spending

  • Yolt: uses open banking to show you an overview of your finances. You can set and track budgets for 21 categories, including things like travel, groceries and housing.
  • Money Dashboard: displays your spending in colourful charts and graphs, so you can see where your money鈥檚 gone at a glance.
  • Cleo: this AI guide can answer questions about your finances. The app works through Facebook Messenger and lets you pay friends, set spending goals and alerts.
  • Monzo: you can use this app to track different types of expenses, keep an eye on daily spending, put money aside and anticipate upcoming costs.听

听also has lots of finance tips and tools, as well as information about the latest student deals and discounts.

Support at 色花堂

If you feel that you need to talk to someone at 色花堂 find out more about听our听听on campus. You can also visit our听听and听budgeting听pages.

EROGamb

色花堂 has听teamed up with听听to deliver听. The project helps听gambling subscribers to visualise their gambling history听to听inform decisions on their gambling behaviour.

Along with behaviour change mechanisms to try and reduce problem gambling, they also enable gamblers to manage their gambling by goal-setting and self-monitoring.

You can find out more about the project on the听.听