Cost of living: Why are more women turning to gambling?
Podcast |
Sky News Daily
Publisher |
Sky News
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Great Britain
News & Politics
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Mar 20, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:15:37
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. A third of those calls are now from women. 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. Also, Lisa Patton, a treatment service manager at the charity GamCare, explains how people get into gambling and what’s being done to help. Producer: Soila Apparicio Editor: Philly Beaumont

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