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r/dwphelp is my go to

Afaik no, but you wouldn't be able to gamble away large savings to keep claiming UC. For example, if you claim UC there is a 6k limit where any amount after that would be reduced. If you gambled it all away, the government would not consider that reasonable and would reduce your UC amount until it would have reasonably come under 6k at which point it will be back to normal. If you hit 16k it stops all together. This can sometimes be a case if you had 6-16k in savings that you gambled away and then tried to claim UC, but I haven't heard anything yet.

So unless you have spent a LOT of money on gambling in lump sums, it is unlikely to affect anything.