Information and Links about Gambling

Self Change Fact Sheets

• Gambling a problem? Help is at hand
  Information about the free and confidential Break Even Network gambling support services in Tasmania.
• If you don’t need help- read this
  A resource for gamblers to make sure they stay on the entertainment side of gambling.
• Coping with the effects of someone else’s gambling
  Recognising that another person’s behaviour can affect your life can pose a challenge, especially when strong feelings, intimacy and shared commitments are involved.
• Test your gambling behaviours
  A useful early warning system is this simple test to check your own attitudes and behaviours around gambling.
• Helpful hints for family and friends
  Tips about raising the issue of someone else’s gambling without getting hot under the collar.
• About Responsible Gambling
  A snapshot of the state of play of the Tasmanian gambling context.
• Low-Risk Gambling Brochure
  Winning tips for safety.
• Need to take a break from gambling?
  How to know and where to go.

Break Even Network Services – free, confidential family, personal, group and financial counselling services in Tasmania

Anglicare Tasmania
Ph: 1800 243 232

Relationships Australia Tasmania
Ph: 1300 364 277

Gambling Helpline Tasmania - 24 hour, statewide crisis and referral service
Ph: 1800 858 858

Other websites

Includes gambling specific and general health and wellbeing information which may be of use in your situation. These websites are external to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and as such, the DHHS takes no responsibility for their content.

Gambling Hangover
A NSW Government responsible gambling campaign aimed at young men 18-24 offering a range of new help and support options online.

PGV – First Step
Problem Gambling Victoria offers the First Step, an interactive self assessment and strategy page for gamblers wishing to make self change.

SMART recovery
SMART recovery has resources to assist peer-based community recovery groups or individuals.

MOOD GYM – Mark III
Mood Gym is an online, confidential cognitive behaviour therapy program. This site aims to assist people to identify and overcome problem emotions. It shows how to develop good coping skills for the future to improve chances of sustained good mental health.

AMITY COMMUNITY SERVICES
Amity Community Services is an incorporated non-government community organization providing a range of services pertaining to behaviours of habit. The site has information and an interactive gambling self-management feature.

Problem Gambling South Australia
This site has more self-change and awareness information around problem gambling.

Friends 4 Friends
This site has easy to access, relevant and useful information around problem gambling. This is a youth-targeted site developed by the Responsible Gaming Council, Canada.

21 Steps to Stop Gambling
Good self-help resouce from Canada.