Gambling Help Online
Free, confidential help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — by phone, online chat or email. Support for anyone affected by gambling, including family and friends.
- Phone
- 1800 858 858 (24/7)
- TTY
- 1800 777 706
If you need to talk right now
Gambling Help Line — free, confidential, 24/7
Seeking help
Gambling harm support services
The services below provide free, anonymous support for anyone affected by gambling harm. Support is unlimited and includes people indirectly affected — family members, partners, friends and colleagues.
Support services
Free, confidential help in the ACT
You don't have to be in crisis to reach out. Each of these services supports people at any stage — whether you're worried about your own gambling, supporting someone else, or rebuilding after harm.
Relationships Australia (ACT)
Free face-to-face, telephone and online counselling for anyone in the ACT affected by gambling, including partners, family members and friends.
Care Financial — Gambling Support
Free financial counselling for Canberrans dealing with gambling-related debt, hardship and recovery. Confidential and independent.
The Hope Project
Peer support, lived-experience advocacy and recovery resources for people affected by gambling harm and their loved ones.
In a crisis
If you or someone you love is at immediate risk
Gambling harm can be overwhelming. These free, 24-hour services provide crisis support — please reach out, or call 000 if life is in danger.
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Lifeline
24/7 crisis support
13 11 14 -
Beyond Blue
Mental health support
1300 22 4636 -
13YARN
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander crisis line
13 92 76
Email your MLA
Help us create the change Canberra needs
Support services help individuals — but only policy change reduces harm at the source. Tell your local MLA you back the Alliance's platform for safer gambling in the ACT.