Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Links to stories of gambling addiction

Below links to stories of gambling addiction. they move me, and make me further committed to the cause of raising awareness of gambling addiction and seeking gambling reform. I'll keep adding.

Reducing gambling regulation will ruin more lives

Local casinos: John Whittingdale's crazy plan to extract revenue from human misery

As addictive as crack cocaine

When going to work is far from a safe bet

They're the high-tech one-armed bandits, MPs want more of them

How Britain got addicted to bookies’ betting terminals

Paperboy's armed robbery to feed scratch card addiction

Bowling alley worker blew £73k in casino binge

Bingo addict stole £62,000 from workplace to fund online habit

Nurse's nightmare as husband was found hanged after gambling £20k

Southport fraudster who ran up gambling debts on his friend’s credit card escapes jail

Liverpool FC hero Didi Hamann reveals his alcohol and gambling hell

Gambling is rife among 17-year-olds, says report 'delayed' by charity's merger with gaming industry group

Britain's new addicts: women who gamble online, at home and in secret

Las Vegas Priest Guilty of Stealing $650,000 for Gambling Addiction

Walsall gambling addict forged father's signature to get second mortgage

Husband gambled away our home and our marriage…

Are you a secret gambler? Rebecca Rigg talks to mirror about gambling addiction from age 9

Snooker Legend Willie Thorne GAMBLING DEBTS led to attempted suicide 

FORMER football star John Hartson has revealed he has enrolled in Gamblers Anonymous to help him kick his addiction.

Grandson stole £17,000 from blind man to fund his gambling addiction

A Flint father stole £600,000 from his trusting employers to fund his excessive gambling addiction

Gambler in debt sold cocaine

Ernst & Young Boss steals £96,000 to fund gambling addiction

TV Host Jeremy Kyle and his gambling

BET-ADDICTED BANKER JAILED FOR ATM THEFT

COLIN HENDRY DECLARED BANKRUPT AS GAMBLING DEBTS TAKE TOLL

Escape from Gambling Hell

Suicide: Gambling addict found dead in Hoddlesden pub car park

Jail for £35,000 theft for gambling debts

Why the Chinese community is a dead cert for bookies - Problem gambling in Chinatown

Letters Tessa Jowell MP & Dominic Carman: Costs of a chronic gambling addiction

Leeds suicide over gambling loss

Gambling hurts, a true story: Do people know what gambling can do to a life? Do people know how addictive pokies are? Do people think – ‘Well, it’s a harmless pastime, just take as much as you are prepared to lose and have some fun, you might win’?

Gambling and drink drove me to brink of suicide, reveals Steve Paterson

Web gambler suicide bid after £158,000 loss on parents' cards

"I have been advocating for change to governments' gambling policies since our son died by suicide 9 years ago"

A Young Lawyer and His Family's Struggle with Gambling Addiction

Internet gambling led to suicide

GAMBLING DEBTS NEARLY DROVE ME TO SUICIDE

Raz's Story: I am sharing this story to help others recover from, and avoid the far-reaching damage my gambling has caused

Gambling Debt May Have Led to Bronco's Suicide

Jules Grenier, 74, hanged himself under a bridge near the casino on April 2, 2008, after a week-long gambling spree that cost him $6,000.

Gambler takes his life by driving off top storey of casino car park  




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