'I had to re-mortgage my home but I still gambled every day': Women encouraged to seek help for addiction

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Lisa Walker won £127,000 playing poker, but her gambling addiction saw her lose all of it - and much more.

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"I got rehoused but I still continued to gamble because every single day - that's all I could think about morning, noon and night." But two in every five women suffering high levels of harm may not be getting help due to stigma or shame. "What I'm trying to do is to raise awareness and to make women feel like they can come out, and that it's safe for them to talk about it," she said.A new campaign by GambleAware aims to raise awareness of the signs that a person's gambling is getting out of control

 

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We all gamble. Every day. Is this the right job? Is this the right decision? Is this the right move, person, car... can I make it across that road before the truck comes? Can steal all that cash & get away with it... Money is the least of our gambling issues.

The casino always wins in the long run. If you want to gamble set a limit and if you think you might get addicted do not gamble.

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