A winter World Cup, a cost-of-living crisis and Christmas coinciding prompts a warning about gambling.
By Sam FrancisA winter World Cup, a cost-of-living crisis and the run-up to Christmas coinciding are creating the "perfect storm" for problem gambling, experts have warned. New draft laws to reign-in the impact of online gambling are expected, but there has been a long wait to find out more about the government's plans.
During the 2014 men's football World Cup, in the grip of a gambling addiction, he walked to his local pawnshop. In his bag he carried an Xbox, to trade for some cash for his next bet. "You get that overwhelming feeling that goes to the part of you brain that hypnotises you. And you get lost in that moment.
Zoe Osmond, chief executive of GambleAware, warns "with the sheer volume of football and the amount of betting ads, it can be easy to get carried away with betting"."As the cost-of-living crisis bites and people feel the pinch in the run-up to Christmas, this could create a perfect storm where fans resort to gambling as a way to cope."
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