Gambling is not illegal, though you need to be a certain age for some forms of gambling. Playing the Lottery, going to bingo, doing the football pools playing on arcade machines are all forms of gambling. Most of the time it's harmless fun but it can become a problem if you don't understand what you're doing. You could get into money problems if you spend more money than you win and you could become 'addicted' to it.
These organisations can offer help and advice:
If you feel that you, or someone you know has got a problem with gambling you can talk to your Personal Adviser about it, or you could visit one or more of the above links for further information and help.
You can use the library in your Connexions Centre too as it has information for you to read or take away. You could also go to Health Weblinx for more useful websites.