Where to get help

For helpful information or to talk to someone about your own, or someone else’s gambling see the following free services:

  • Call the 24/7 Gambling Helpline at 1800 858 858 to speak to a gambling counsellor immediately

  • Visit Gambling Help Online to find helpful information and 24/7 online counselling

  • Visit Beyond Blue website or call 1300 224 636 to speak to a mental health counsellor

  • Call 13 Yarn on 13 92 76 to speak to an Aboriginal Counsellor 24/7

  • Speak to your GP about services available in your area

  • Call lifeline on 13 11 14 to speak to a mental health counsellor 24/7

  • Find a Gambler’s Anonymous meeting near you

  • Call National Debt Helpline on 1800 007 007 for immediate support over the phone or online for all types of debt and financial stress

  • Amity Community Services Inc – a specialised gambling support service in the NT offering face to face and telehealth gambling counselling

  • CatholicCare NT offers free financial counselling to lessen the financial harm felt by your own or someone else’s gambling. Offered in Darwin, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Tiwi Islands and Wadeye (08) 8944 2000

  • Darwin Legal Service – Call 08 8982 1111 for free financial counselling

  • Anglicare NT – Free financial counselling and gambling support services. Available in Katherine, Darwin, Palmerston and surrounding communities

  • Lutheran Care – Free Financial Counselling and Financial Wellbeing and Capability support. Available in Alice Springs and surrounding communities (08) 8269 9333

  • Betblocker – a free software for your phone that blocks access to online casino sites

  • Betstop – the National Self Exclusion Register to block your access to all phone and online gambling providers like Sportsbet, Bet365 and TAB

  • Multi-Venue Self-Exclusion Program – to ban yourself from the gambling area of venues such in Taverns, Pubs and Casinos so you cannot gamble