Best practice checklist: gambling firms
14 June 2017
People with mental health problems are three times as likely to be in financial difficulty – and gambling can be a major reason why. Mental health problems can make it harder for people to manage their finances and to resist impulses, and problem gamblers are four times more likely to be receiving mental health treatment. Money and Mental Health, the leading centre of expertise on financial and mental health problems, calls on all gambling firms to help people with mental health problems to gamble safely by taking the seven steps outlined in this best practice checklist.