GambleAware has launched new interactive maps to reveal playing harms at nearby authority and parliamentary constituency stage throughout Great Britain.
The studies confirmed simplest 16.7% of humans in Scotland are announcing they’re experiencing issues with their playing get right of entry to remedy, assist or advice, that is decrease than the 20.9% common throughout Great Britain; at the same time as in phrases of folks that are looking for assist, the determine became additionally decrease in Scotland (15.5%) than the Great Britain common (19.4%).
The maximum not unusualplace reason, withinside the studies, that humans in Scotland are looking for assist for playing issues is because of the effect on their finances (29.2%).
It became additionally discovered that 60.5% of humans in Scotland had participated in any shape of playing in 2022, that is barely above Great Britain’s common of 60.3%, with Glasgow City having the very best fee of humans playing with bad results throughout Scotland.
Zoë Osmond, Chief Executive of GambleAware, said: “Gambling harms can have an effect on all of us, and we’re involved to peer that fewer humans are gaining access to remedy and assist in Scotland.
“As the main playing harms charity in Great Britain, we’ve posted those maps and statistics to offer statistics to assist deal with remedy and assist desires in nearby communities.
“Some humans might not have reached out for assist due to the fact they’re uncertain of wherein to discover it, however all of us involved approximately their playing, or that of a cherished one, can seek GambleAware for free, personal advice, gear and assist. The National Gambling Helpline is likewise to be had on 0808 8020 133 and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
This statistics is being launched with the aid of using GambleAware following the release of a Government consultation on a statutory playing levy.