![]() "You're not only hurting yourself, but now certainly you've maybe changed the trajectory for your children or for your spouse." 'We have choices' ![]() Nora McCarthy-Joyce from the Department of Health and Wellness said people dealing with gambling addiction the province ends up seeing through its addictions program "may find themselves stealing from family members to support their addiction, or perhaps spending the family savings or retirement, or remortgaging a home." Hodgins said problem gamblers account for a disproportionate amount of gambling profits, estimating that 30 to 50 per cent of the $12.2 million in profits the province received from VLTs in the last fiscal year came from those who were addicted. (Kerry Campbell/CBC)īut Hodgins and other speakers from the provincial Health Department said the effects of problem gambling also extend to family members. ![]() 'Like anything, the more that things are available, of course it can potentially increase harms,' says Lisa Thibeau, the province’s chief administrative officer for mental health and addictions. ![]()
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