Find out more about the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation.
Resources to help professionals identify problem gambling clients and respond to their needs.
Signs of a problem
If any of the following apply to you, you may be developing a problem with online gambling.
- Disrupted or not enough sleep
- Debts starting to mount up
- Not being able to pay bills
- Placing bigger bets to get the same feeling
- Betting when you normally wouldn’t, like during lunch breaks
- Missing school or work
- Thinking about gambling when doing other things
How do problems develop?
Online gambling often starts as just a way to fill free time. Here are some of the ways in which problems can develop:
- Just filling free time with gambling
- Continually adding money to one or more online accounts, without making withdrawals
- A few small bets here and there and then one day it just snowballs
- Having a win from that first bet and thinking that it’s easy money
- Having an urge to try and get money back
- Betting without caring about the outcome
- Winning and then spending it all very quickly
