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Davidblaine1
Davidblaine1 Posts: 16 Connected
in Universal Credit (UC)
Are you allowed to spend your Uc on gambling 🤯 Would it be stopped if you use your monthly allowances all on gambling 
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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,010 Disability Gamechanger
    edited March 2023
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    You can spend your UC on whatever you want.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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  • JBS2022
    JBS2022 Scope Member Posts: 2,075 Disability Gamechanger
    edited March 2023
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    Your UC can be spent as you please, but as someone who's had addiction issues in the past, if you are spending most of your " monthly allowances on gambling" you have to consider if there is a problem. It's only an issue if bills and other living expenses are not being paid.
    Life is better in a fishtank  🐟
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  • emliyrose90
    emliyrose90 Community member Posts: 4 Connected
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    Sure thing! Yeah, you can totally use your UC for gambling if that's your thing. It's not a bad idea, especially if you stick to legit sites where you're less likely to lose big. I've had some luck with online gambling making me some extra cash, but you gotta be smart about it and not get carried away.


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  • hyancinth
    hyancinth Community member Posts: 69 Pioneering
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    Me wonders if this is legitimate. were hated enough for cheese sake.  I imagine what the 'all benefit claimants are scroungers' brigade would say to this especially as Roland Rat has now decided we shouldnt be ill and on benefits at all.
    You do as you like but I cant imagine having so much I could gamble it. I can barely live on mine.
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  • honestjon
    honestjon Community member Posts: 173 Pioneering
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    Davidblaine1 said:
    Are you allowed to spend your Uc on gambling 🤯 Would it be stopped if you use your monthly allowances all on gambling 
    If you use all your monthly money on gambling you won't have any so it will be just the same as if uc stopped it so for you there would be no difference 
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