Introduction to GamCare

Gambling has always been a favorite pastime activity with people from all over the world across all cultures and has been present in many societies for thousands of years.

Over the centuries gambling has advanced and many new gambling games were created offering individuals a vast array of fun and exciting activities.

The first casino in the modern world was established in Venice, Italy in 1638 and offered a variety of gambling games. Private lotteries have been present for centuries and state lotteries have started developing in the end of the 19th century.

All this gambling activity has caused some individuals to develop gambling problems and addiction and an increase in gambling addiction is evident since the surge of online gambling.

Online gambling has made gambling accessible to individuals from all over the world and from all walks of life and while many treat as a fun pastime activity the is completely harmless, others have not been so fortunate and due to personal reasons have developed gambling addiction.

For these individuals that suffer in some form from problematic gambling activities or that allow gambling to have a strong hold over their finance and family life there are organizations that help in dealing and managing their problem.

One of the key organizations providing help and guidance is GamCare, a non-profit charity established in 1997 and based in the UK. The organization offers help to people using telephone helpline and netline via their website.

GamCare key activity focuses around proving counseling and guidance to individuals dealing with a gambling problem and their advisors help tens of thousands people over the course of each year.

GamCare also cooperates with gambling establishments and online casinos via a reciprocal relationship where casinos display information from GamCare to their punters and allow their staff to receive training in identifying people who might display signs of a gambling problem and refer them to GamCare.

Partnership with GamCare is only available for gambling establishments that are willing to allow their clients to set up their own limits and impose self-excluding periods.