As the addiction becomes more advanced, gamblers will find that they try other avenues to try and raise money for gambling, aside from their monthly wage and they may take out loans, use credit cards, borrow money from friends or relatives and in extreme cases, steal.

If you fall into debt you will find that other areas of your life become affected. Your relationships with others may become strained, you may start to feel anxious about dealing with debt collectors, which may make you jumpy whenever the phone rings or there is a knock at the door and you will find that other areas of your life, such as your social life and performance at work, become hampered.

The more debt you get into the harder it is to deal with, especially if people around you have no idea that you are in a lot of debt due to gambling. Soon you could be completely out of your depth and struggling to find ways to pay off even small proportions of your overall debt.

As you fall in to more debt, it can become increasingly tempting to try and win money back. However, the odds will always be stacked against you and continuing to gamble will only plunge you further into debt.