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Laura Hay

RN PGCertHealSc

Case Worker & Health Promoter

Salvation Army Oasis Centre

for Problem Gambling

Gambling Support in

Christchurch

About Me

• Laura, 30, Scottish

• Registered nurse, NESP 2015

• With Oasis since Jan 2016

• Big interest in addiction field

• Big interest in health promotion

What is Gambling?

To play a game in which you can win or lose

money or possessions : to bet money or other

valuable things

A risky action undertaken with the hope of

success

(“Gamble,” n.d., para. 1).

1. a. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.

b. To play a game of chance for stakes.

2. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or

a benefit.

3. To engage in reckless or hazardous behaviour

(“Gambling,” n.d., para 1).

(“Gamble,” 2016, para 4).

Merriam Webster Dictionary

Oxford Dictionary

Thefreedictionary.com

Types of gambling

• Casino – machines & tables

• Pokie machines

• TAB betting – horse & dog racing, sports

• Lotto & scratchies

• Housie

• Internet gambling

• Telephone gambling

How much do Kiwis lose on gambling every single day

throughout NZ?

$5,500,000Health Promotion Agency, (n.d.), para 2.

Gambling Figures

From October – December 2017

• New Zealanders spent over $227,000,000 on pokie gambling alone. This does not include casino expenditure

• Auckland dwellers spent over $70,000,000 on pokie gambling

• Christchurch dwellers spent over $17,800,000 on pokiegambling

• Ashburton spent $1,400,000 on pokie gambling

https://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/Files/Quarterly-Gambling-Satistics-June-2017/$file/Quarterly-GMP-June-2017.pdf

Near-Miss Effect

• A near-miss will trigger the same areas of the brain as winning, so you get a winning “rush”, despite having lost.

• The area of the brain triggered by a near miss is the same of that as craving and that involved in drug addiction.

• All forms of gambling utilise this effect, but pokiemachines are specifically designed to exploit it and show as many near misses as possible to give people that ‘rush’.

(Park & Griffiths, 2004, p. 409)

Signs of Harmful Gambling

• Chasing losses

• Hiding extent of gambling

• Feeling guilt about gambling

• Losing track of time while gambling

• Spending more than planned on gambling

• Gambling to deal with negative feelings

• Regretting gambling

• Borrowing money

• Losing interest in other activities(Health Promotion Agency, 2016a)

Multi Venue Exclusion

• People who think they have a problem with gambling may self-exclude from

gambling venues.

• This process cannot be forced upon someone, but a Venue-Initiated

Exclusion may be given by a gambling host.

• People can self-exclude for any length of time ranging from

6 months – 2 years

• ID and photos are sent to the venues chosen by the client.

• There are significant consequences for anyone who has self-excluded who is

found entering a gambling area that they are excluded from:

- conviction and fine of up to $500 for the person involved

- conviction and fine of up to $5,000 for any host knowingly

allowing an excluded person to gamble

- conviction and fine of up to $5,000 for any host not

excluding someone who has self-identified as

having an issue with problem gambling

(Health Promotion Agency, 2015, pp. 16-17)

What do We do?Free and confidential counselling by qualified Case Workers and

support staff

●Gamblers

●Affected others

●Families

●Couples

Education, budget advice,

seminars and talks to

interested groups.

Fortnightly support groups

including social group and

family group

My Public Health Baby


What is HPA's goal?

HPA would like all New Zealanders to experience less

gambling related harm.Our work currently focuses on the following key areas:

•Increasing the number of people at risk who check whether their

gambling is okay.

•Increasing the monitoring/reviewing of gambling behaviours.

•Increasing early self-help/help-seeking behaviours by individuals and

concerned others.

•Increasing the implementation of harm minimisation practices in

gambling venues.

Health Promotion Agency

Hedge Your Bets

• 25 minute monthly show

• Info on gambling,

interviews, interventions

• Written & recorded by

me

• Podcasts available to

downloadwww.plainsfm.org.nz


PlainsFM is Canterbury’s only community access radio station and has been operating

for 30 years to provide professional, open and accessible broadcast facilities and

expertise to give a media voice to youth, ethnic communities, people with disabilities

and other minority communities.

We support these groups to learn to create their own radio/podcast programmes in

their own style and language to provide information and entertainment

to engage their communities of interest. Programmes are also responsive

to their communities in the material they cover in the broadcasts.

We currently broadcast 87 programmes in 16 different languages.

- Laura Gartner, Community Development Co-ordinator, PlainsFM

Plains FM


Hedge Your Bets -Episodes

1. Debut Show

2. Multi Venue Exclusions

3. Gambling Harm Awareness Week

4. Gambling Quiz

5. Cup & Show Week (Nov)

6. Gaming vs Gambling

7. Sharing Glen’s Story

8. New Years Resolutions

9. Sharing Sarah’s Story

10. Courageous Conversations

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Procedures

• Consent form

• Interview protocol

• Real name or alias

• Language use

• Follow-up post interview

• Use of Facebook

• Radio training


Questions?

References

Addiction. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/addiction

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th

ed.). Washington, DC: Author.Department of Internal Affairs. (2016). Summary of venues and numbers by territorial authority at

30 June 2016 [website]. Retrieved 20 September, 2016, from https://www.dia.govt.nz/Pubforms.nsf/URL/TA_30%20June%202016.pdf/$file/TA_30%20June%202016.pdf

Gamble. (2016). In Oxford living dictionaries. Retrieved from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gamble

Gamble. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamble

Gambling. (n.d.). In The free dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gambling

Health Promotion Agency. (2015). Gambling host responsibility: Guide for venue staff [Booklet]. N.p.: Author.

Health Promotion Agency. (2016). How pokies work [website]. Retrieved September 20, 2016, from http://choicenotchance.org.nz/understand-gambling/how-pokies-work

Health Promotion Agency. (2016a). Know the signs [website]. Retrieved September 20, 2016, from http://choicenotchance.org.nz/how-much-is-too-much/know-the-signs

References

Health Promotion Agency. (2016b). Concerned for someone? [website]. Retrieved 20 September, 2016, from http://choicenotchance.org.nz/concerned-for-someone

Ministry of Health. (2012). Problem gambling in New Zealand. Preliminary findings from the New Zealand health survey (July 2011 to March 2012). Retrieved from http://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/problem-gambling-preliminary-findings.pdf

National Council on Problem Gambling. (2014). How does it develop? [website]. Retrieved September 20, 2016, from http://www.ncpg.org.sg/en/Pages/LearnAboutProblemGamblingDetail.aspx?category=2&itemid=9

Parke, J., & Griffiths, M. (2004). Gambling addiction and the evolution of the" near miss". Addiction Research & Theory, 12(5), 407-411.

Problem Gambling Foundation. (2016). Class 4 gambling: “the pokies” [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from http://www.pgf.nz/uploads/7/1/9/2/71924231/fs13-class_4_gambling.pdf

Walker, M. B. (1992). Irrational thinking among slot machine players. Journal of Gambling studies, 8(3), 245-261.

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