Published: Friday, September 02, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
HELP ONLINE FOR PROBLEM GAMBLERS
New Zealand site will assist all gamblers to assess their personal risk level
A New Zealand-owned website designed to help gamblers assess their own level of risk was launched this week.
The Gambling Helpline initiative provides a range of online self-assessment tools, including a string of multi-choice questions about gambling habits.
The questionnaire helps gamblers to identify personal vulnerabilities and presents graphs showing how extreme an individual's gambling problem is.
The website also has a questionnaire relating to an individual's level of alcohol consumption and provides an 0800 contact phone number for those it concludes could benefit from assistance.
The site could be valuable to friends or family of those who may have a gambling problem, with assessment tools helping to test well known indicators.