UK cost of living crisis leading people to gambling, says charity

People are turning to gambling to help them with the cost of living crisis – from trying to win money to pay bills to using betting shops as warm banks, a gambling charity has said. The charity GamCare said that while this was likely to exacerbate financial stresses, research found four in 10 (42%) problem gamblers believed gambling would improve their financial situation in the next year compared with just 7% of UK adults.

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gamble：赌博

bet：打赌；赌注；v. 打赌

exacerbate：恶化，加剧