Legacy Gambling Harms: What Happens Once the Gambling Stops?

Abstract Purpose of Review Legacy gambling harm refers to adverse consequences that extend past the period where people are actively at harmful levels. These harms can affect gambler, close them and wider community. This article reviews current research investigates legacy harms; types harm, how long they last whether evidence suggests these real or instead imagined injuries reflections on regrets. Recent Findings individuals be broadly categorised as including financial, relationship, emotional/psychological, health, culture, work/study criminal/deviance harms. In addition, entire communities by drawing funds social capital away from vulnerable communities, leaving socially, culturally materially impoverished. Most accrue gamblers have a half-life 4 years, although financial somewhat longer 5 years. Greater distance in time issue is reliably positively related health well-being indicators, Health Utility Index Australian Unity Wellbeing Index, which lasting impact well-being, rather than just hardship prior difficulties. Summary findings suggest programme policy development support reducing managing their harms, focusing only relapse prevention.