Quotes from Luke Clark in The Province article: the headline is a 20% drop in calls to the BC gambling telephone helpline since the start of the COVID pandemic. Although, as casinos have been fully closed for the duration of this time, and sports betting also substantially affected, an alternative perspective is that the fact that helpline calls are at 80% of their pre-COVID volume is rather worrying! Clear possibility that gamblers are migrating to online gambling
https://theprovince.com/news/fewer-british-columbians-seeking-help-for-problem-gambling-during-pandemic/