1.6 million children live with adults who experience ‘problem gambling’
Regional voices supporting Gamble Aware Stigma Campaign in front of an installation commissioned by GambleAware in Birmingham's St Martins Square following research which reveals 3.6 per cent (168,000 adults) of the West Midlands population are experiencing problem gambling, March 6, 2024
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ABOUT 1.6 million children in Britain are growing up in households where an adult is experiencing problem gambling, it was revealed today.
Children exposed to gambling are also four times more likely to go on to experience such issues themselves, charity GambleAware’s annual survey found.
Up to 130,000 people who used to gamble said they were still experiencing harm from previous gambling, while an estimated 1.2 million adults who used to gamble reported feeling the urge to gamble again in the last six months.
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