Research and surveys
Zona Bet counts what its own directory shows about access to gambling help, and asks the people it is written for what helped them. The data behind each piece is open to download.
Gambling helplines in 50 countries: when they answer and how to reach them
16 of 50 countries have a phone line that answers around the clock, 16 answer on weekdays only, and 21 offer chat or text. With a country-by-country table.
Report · November 11, 2026 What helped? An anonymous survey for people affected by gambling7 multiple-choice questions on what was tried, what helped most and what made asking for help hard. No name, no email; results are published in total figures.
Survey · open nowOpen data
- Gambling helplines by country (CSV)53 rows: country, region, service, phone, text or chat, hours, languages, website and the source each entry was checked against. Last checked September 1, 2026.
- The same directory as a pageSearchable by country, with a link to the fuller page on help in each one.
Research by others
- Gambling addiction statistics: prevalence by country and what each number measuresProblem gambling prevalence worldwide and in ten countries, each figure labelled with the screen it came from (PGSI, DSM-5 or a bespoke indicator set), the year, and the source — plus demographics, harms, the treatment gap, and why the national rates cannot be ranked against each other.