{"id":26744,"date":"2022-01-28T11:32:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T14:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=26744"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:47:56","slug":"macau-60-of-problem-gamblers-receive-family-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-60-of-problem-gamblers-receive-family-help","title":{"rendered":"Macau: 60% of problem gamblers receive family help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A survey has revealed the impact of problem gambling among families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The\u00a0Sheng Kung Hui (SKH) Macau Social Services Center\u00a0<\/strong>has published the results of a survey for which it interviewed 124 participants affected by a family member’s gambling addiction. The purpose of the poll was to\u00a0analyse the impact of gambling-related problems\u00a0<\/strong>on family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 60 per cent of respondents said they had helped a family member with their gambling addiction, either by paying off debt or paying most household expenses. More than\u00a040 per cent said they felt they had a responsibility to pay off the debt of their family member, while 33 per cent said they should not “interfere” with their relative’s gambling behaviour to avoid damaging their relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SKH suggested that\u00a0an online counselling team be established<\/strong>\u00a0with the sole purpose of helping participants deal with debt. It also revealed that\u00a0it has registered more than 22,000 requests for assistance with gambling problems on its phone helpline\u00a0<\/strong>and online platform since it launched its gambling counselling service in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Macau\u2019s Social Welfare Bureau confirmed the city\u2019s lowest problem gambling rate in a decade with\u00a0only 52 gambling disorder cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:\u00a0<\/strong>Macau set to register lowest problem gambling rate in a decade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A survey has revealed the impact of problem gambling among families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A survey by the Sheng Kung Hui (SKH) Macau Social Services Center highlights the significant financial and emotional burden of problem gambling on families in Macau, with over 60% of respondents assisting with debt. The center advocates for online counselling, having processed over 22,000 assistance requests since 2014. This data emerges as Macau's Social Welfare Bureau reports the lowest problem gambling rate in a decade, with only 52 cases in the past year.","focusai_entities":"Sheng Kung Hui (SKH) Macau Social Services Center, Macau Social Welfare Bureau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau RG Framework Efficacy?","query":"Given the reported lowest problem gambling rate in a decade alongside significant family impact, what specific enhancements to Macau's responsible gambling (RG) framework or B2C licensing conditions are being considered to address the identified familial financial burdens and support service demand?"},{"label":"Operator ESG Implications?","query":"How will Macau's integrated resort operators integrate these survey findings into their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting and responsible gambling initiatives, particularly concerning debt management and family support programs, to mitigate reputational risk and ensure social license to operate?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[229,23906],"class_list":["post-26744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-gambling","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26744"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26761,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26744\/revisions\/26761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}