DWP rules and online gambling

bigbadbren666
bigbadbren666 Online Community Member Posts: 2 Connected
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I only get £100 a week (of which half disappears on food and cleaning products) leaving me only £50 a week for a social life, when pub drinks are £4 each and pool is 50p-£1 a game.

I started gambling any leftover money on 20p online slot games and if I won big, I'd get a months worth of shopping over with to give me an easier month and if not, I'd stay home bored all week.
Can/would the DWP stop my benefits for only making occasional weekly wins (which aren't guaranteed) and when the wins don't go over the supposed £6K-20K savings limits i have read about?

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  • bigbadbren666
    bigbadbren666 Online Community Member Posts: 2 Connected
    Username_removed said:
    Depends entirely on the benefits you’re currently in receipt of and there are very different rules for UC compared to the other means-tested benefits which will impact this.
    i get Income-related ESA/DLA and incapacity benefit.

    1 of the benefits pays all my household bills, leaving me with the other of £100 a week, which has to cover food as well, which only leaves me with £50 a week spare, when all of my favourite hobbies/modest social life would need over £100-150 a week more to avoid being stuck at home all day!

    I only want to have enough for 2/3 pints a day and a few hours worth of pool matches, compared to my loutish mates, who'd spend £200 on a single night out

  • Lisatho11987777
    Lisatho11987777 Scope Member Posts: 5,874 Championing
    Wish I could afford to go out or gamble lol 

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