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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rachel Hall

UK cost of living crisis leading people to gambling, says charity

UK National Lottery Balls on the River Thames in front of Tower Bridge,
Recent Gambling Commission data shows significant increases in people buying national lottery tickets. Photograph: Sean Clarkson/Alamy

People are turning to gambling to help them with the cost of living crisis – from trying to win money to pay bills to using betting shops as warm banks, a gambling charity has said.

The charity GamCare said that while this was likely to exacerbate financial stresses, research found four in 10 (42%) problem gamblers believed gambling would improve their financial situation in the next year compared with just 7% of UK adults.

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