Gambling harm awareness week

Key points

• Banyule Council is encouraging residents to talk openly about gambling harm during Gambling Harm Awareness Week, which runs from 24 to 31 October. Mayor Alison Champion said people often suffer gambling harm in private and should know that free, confidential help exists.
• Gamblers Help Northern offers support to people affected by their own gambling or someone else's. BetStop, the national self-exclusion register, lets people block access to phone and online gambling providers.
• The council says more than $165,000 is lost on gaming machines in Banyule each day across nine local venues.