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Number of gambling addicts who feel suicidal has quadrupled during coronavirus lockdown, charity reveals Charity has seen five-fold increase in referrals for treatment to severe gambling addiction MPs fear isolation and boredom of lockdown would fuel gambling addiction Number of addicts telling charity helpline they feel suicidal has quadrupled Gordon Moody Association said it now … Read more
For my patient Tanya*, it started innocently enough. Off work after an operation, she was bored and killing time online when she clicked on a pop-up advert for a betting site. ‘It seemed like fun,’ she told me. ‘The advert had women just like me in it. It was just a laugh.’ And at first … Read more
I turned £5 into £90 betting on football so thought I must be good at it. That was disastrous Smartphones, online gaming and shrewd marketing have led to such a shocking rise in young problem gamblers, the NHS has opened a specialist clinic solely for teenage addicts. And the scariest thing? Many parents were oblivious … Read more
Problem gambling is causing about one suicide every day, a shocking report concluded last night. The House of Lords review found that betting blights the lives of two million Britons, with 50,000 children now hooked. Around 300,000 people are addicted – each harming six loved ones through crime, domestic violence, family breakup and lost jobs. … Read more
MPs warn Ministers have ‘unacceptably weak understanding’ of problem gambling – and ‘toothless’ industry regulator needs radical overhaul By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 27 June 2020 Ministers have an ‘unacceptably weak understanding’ of problem gambling – and the ‘toothless’ industry regulator needs a … Read more
Gambling giants were last night accused of ‘providing the gateway for the next generation of harm’ after bombarding sports fans with TV adverts and free bets during the return of Premier League football. Despite curbs on TV gambling advertisements around live sporting events introduced last year, the first two televised Premier League matches since the … Read more
Don’t let bookies target addicts: NHS mental health director Claire Murdoch urges gambling firms not to use restart of football season to ‘open the floodgates of addiction Top flights English football is just days away from returning to TV screens NHS mental health director fears gambling firms will look to capitalise hugely Thousands could be set … Read more
Radical report by powerful group of MPs to call for ban on ALL gambling advertising in sport after year-long inquiry into damaging impact of betting on communities All-party parliamentary group have conducted year-long gambling inquiry Report will recommend stopping betting adverts on TV, online and in stadiums They will also call for ban on football … Read more
Gambling chief in line for £30m bonus slashes staff’s pay after dodging £3.5m fine for suicide scandal By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 1 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 June 2020 Playtech’s boss asked his staff to take a pay cut weeks before the gambling software company tried to … Read more
Saudi sheikh who owns £45m London mansion ‘sent 17 bouncing cheques ‘ as casino that appeared in James Bond’s Dr No pursued him for £2m gambling debt Sheikh Salah Hamdan Albluewi accused of failing to settle the gambling debts Ran up the debt last September according to Les Ambassadeurs Club in Mayfair The casino went … Read more