{"id":7032,"date":"2016-06-08T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=7032"},"modified":"2016-06-06T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T14:17:10","slug":"gambling-can-be-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/gambling-can-be-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambling can be dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend revealed to me recently, that although she was a primary school teacher she too had been caught up in gambling.<\/p>\n<p>It seemed to her that a trip to the bingo offered a night out to enjoy herself with her friends but unfortunately as time passed those feelings passed by and the thoughts of gambling started to consume her, She had also started playing on the machines as well as playing bingo within a relatively short period of time she had amassed debts of \u00a37000.<\/p>\n<p>You see gambling does not affect just those who want to try and get themselves out of poverty but it can affect anyone at anytime irrespective of their status.<\/p>\n<p>She received the Love and support from a Christian couple at church who reminded her that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Romans 8:1<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ian Bartlett<br \/>\nGamServe<br \/>\n+447814 147156<br \/>\nwww.gamserve.org.uk<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamserve.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5381\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/from-a-to-b\/attachment\/gamserve_logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gamserve_logo.jpg?fit=1270%2C364&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1270,364\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gamserve_logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gamserve_logo.jpg?fit=300%2C85&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gamserve_logo.jpg?fit=750%2C215&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5381\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gamserve_logo.jpg?resize=750%2C215\" alt=\"gamserve_logo\" width=\"750\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gamserve_logo.jpg?w=1270&amp;ssl=1 1270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gamserve_logo.jpg?resize=300%2C85&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gamserve_logo.jpg?resize=1024%2C293&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gamserve_logo.jpg?resize=900%2C257&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/gambling-can-be-dangerous\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend revealed to me recently, that although she was a primary school teacher she too had been caught up in gambling. 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By the age of 49 I had lost hundreds of thousands of pounds due to this terrible addiction. Gambling landed me in the criminal justice system for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends of CVM&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gamserv.png?fit=565%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5764,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/the-pressure-to-provide\/","url_meta":{"origin":7032,"position":1},"title":"The pressure to provide","date":"10 December 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I can call upon my own experiences when I say, that especially around the Christmas period the temptation to gamble was at its greatest. 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