About us
The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation is a statutory authority created by the Victorian Parliament to address the challenge of gambling harm in the Victorian community.
We work with partners and communities to inform people about the risks of gambling, and to provide support to those who need it, including people affected by someone else’s gambling.
Reducing harm
We fund and work closely with organisations across Victoria to provide free and confidential Gambler’s Help services to people experiencing harm from their own or someone else’s gambling.
We take a public health approach to our work, which means we focus on prevention, early intervention and support for those who are particularly vulnerable to gambling harm as well as those living in regional and rural communities.
For professionals
Our professional development centre offers learning and development opportunities for Gambler's Help staff and professionals in related sectors. We provide information and resources to help health and welfare professionals identify people experiencing harm from their own, or a significant other's, gambling and more effectively respond to their needs.
Research
The main aim of our research program is to build our understanding of gambling harm. Each year the Foundation identifies new areas of gambling to research and in addition to awarding research grants, we commission major research projects so that we can learn more about how gambling affects our community.
Resources
We provide information to community groups, local government and the public about gambling and its regulation in Victoria.
We also support Victorians to participate in regulatory and other processes relating to gambling, including licensing and planning processes associated with electronic gaming machines.

Awareness campaigns

Through marketing campaigns, social media, online and print publications, events and other communication channels, we seek to:

raise community awareness about the risks of gambling, including those posed by new technologies
encourage early recognition of the signs of risky gambling behaviour
reduce stigma and encourage people to seek help early, especially through empowering those who have experienced gambling harm to tell their stories
highlight how the normalisation of gambling in sport is changing the way teenagers and young adults experience sport.

Reset: A new app to tackle gambling harm - 23 May 2022
More Victorians choosing to talk to someone who gets it - 15 March 2022
Mindful gambling improves wellbeing: Think … is that true for you? — 20 May 2019
Reclaim your life with the 100 Day Challenge — 3 Jan 2019
Tackling gambling harm through community conversations — 7 Oct 2018

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