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Rui

06/06/21

I have been gambling since I was 21 and in just 2 years I have lost almost all of the savings my parents gave to me.

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Romi

16/05/21

I was the kind of person who used to tell others not to gamble. I never borrowed money from someone, never got into debt, paid bills on the day of receiving it. But that was until I started gambling.

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Peter

29/03/21

I have blown my superannuation on pokies and now am working when I should be retired.

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Nikki

08/03/21

Pokie machines will eventually be the death of me. I’m 34 and started gambling when I was 28. Started off very small, once every few weeks $20 here and there. Until I won big. That was the day I wish I never won.

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*Based on 2019–20 Gambler's Help Objective Outcomes data where 95% of clients who set an objective of ‘Emotional and/or Psychological’ felt they had ‘met’ or ‘partially met’ their objective at case closure.

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Last updated: 19 August 2021
Printed on: 17 October 2021