Cost of living: Why are more women turning to gambling?
March 20, 2023
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March 20, 2023
Cost of living: Why are more women turning to gambling?
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Summary
Pandemic lockdowns and the cost-of-living crisis have driven more people to gambling to help ease financial struggles - with support helplines this year receiving a record-breaking number of calls for help. <br /><br />A third of those calls are now from women. <br /><br />On the Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leonard speaks to former gambler Lisa Walker about her story, who now works as a peer support worker for the charity BetKnowMore and runs their women-only programme New Beginnings. <br /><br />Also, Lisa Patton, a treatment service manager at the charity GamCare, explains how people get into gambling and what’s being done to help. <br /> <br />Producer: Soila Apparicio <br />Editor: Philly Beaumont
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