Smaller centres lack dedicated gambling support workersFAIRFAX NZ There is a shortage of gambling addiction support in the Top of the South, agencies say. GET HELP FOR PROBLEM GAMBLING24-hour Helpline 0800 654 655Maori Gambling Helpline 0800 654 656Pasifika Gambling Helpline 0800 654 657Youth Gambling Helpline 0800 654 659Gambling Debt Helpline 0800 654 658Problem Gambling Foundation 0800 66 42 62Salvation Army Oasis 0800 53 00 00choicenotchance.org.nz- The Marlborough Express Blenheim captain Deane Goldsack said they did not have enough funding for a dedicated problem gambling support worker in Marlborough. The national charity tended to focus its specialist services, such as problem gambling programme Oasis, in the city centres, he said. READ MORE:* Marlborough pokie addict convicted for iPhone Facebook scheme* Problem Gambling Foundation beats Ministry of Health in court* Gambling a problem among New Zealand high school studentsA Problem Gambling Foundation office in Nelson closed when gambling addiction expert Dr Philip Townshend took another job in 2013.

Source: Stuff July 14, 2016 03:22 UTC