About this site
How Not to Gamble explains common mistakes in thinking about gambling, using examples you can recognize in everyday life.
It brings together mistakes in thinking about gambling and the habits they can turn into. Some are about odds. Others are about money, attention, or how it feels to lose.
Gambling can be enjoyable. It can also become expensive, distracting, or difficult to stop. Both belong in an honest explanation.
The aim is to make those explanations useful to someone reading for themselves, and easy for a teacher or parent to share. You don’t need gambling experience to follow them.
Where the material comes from.
Research and public health guidance inform the explanations. Each topic includes sources and further reading. The examples are illustrative, not accounts of named individuals.
About this draft.
This is a working educational resource. It is not a tested curriculum or a substitute for personal support.
For the design, The Level was a useful reference: accessible information, calm colors, and a direct approach to harm reduction.