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About us
The Gambling Impact Society (NSW) is a self-help organisation run on a not-for-profit basis by volunteers and professionals working in the field of problem gambling
Problem Gambling
Learn how to identify, control and avoid problem gambling
Self Help
Many useful suggestions from experts and people who have gotten over their gambling problems
Personal Stories
People who have survived problem gambling tell their stories
Help for Family Members
Read how to deal with a family member's gambling
Community Issues
How gambling affects the wider community
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Get the latest updates on gambling in NSW
Support Services
Find out about problem gambling counselling and other services near you
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Responsible Gambling Awareness Week 2009
- a great success

Those privileged to attend the RGAW 2009 Seminar saw Dr Clive Allcock brilliantly MC excellent talks from Senator Xenaphon, Professor Simon Chapman, Dr Charles Livingstone, health and legal professionals, as well as people "consumed" by gambling problems.

The pokies are metastasised
into the fabric of NSW society

A great quote from Dr Charles Livingstone during his address to the Seminar which we will place online soon. For a sneek preview, here are his speech notes.

Lessons from the Anti-Smoking Campaign
Professor Chapman gave some pointers about what might gambling control learn from tobacco control?.

Breaking News
Gambling addiction is behind nearly half of all workplace fraud incidents, but employers keen to avoid them must treat the problem as an OHS issue, not a criminal one.

Download a form (PDF format) to order our "Less than Even" DVD, "Against The Odds" Youth & Gambling CD-ROM or "Women and Gambling" Information Kit

How to contact us:
Email :
Snailmail : c/o Nowra Neighbourhood Centre, 134 Kinghorne St, Nowra, NSW 2541
Phone : 02 4421 5077
Fax : 02 4421 6872

Disclaimer - The opinions expressed in this website are not necessarily those held by the Gambling Impact Society (NSW). No responsibility will be accepted for anything that may occur as a result of anyone relying on the information and opinions contained in the website.

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