I Was Addicted To Gambling At 16 Years Old | The Other Side | Channel 4 Documentaries

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  @thomasforrest95 · 1 year ago

  a documentary on gambling addiction and i get a youtube ad pop up for bet 365 couldnt believe it😠

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• OV

  @overAndout101 · 2 years ago

  Gambling is maybe the worst addiction... You can just hit after hit after hit... If you had crack coke heroin or any of the others, youd struggle to spend 1000 a day... But gambling you can lose that in 10mins or less lol

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• MA

  @marcpotter8369 · 2 years ago

  Gambling companies in the UK are grossly under regulated. The fact that they limit/restrict your account when you're winning & incentive you when you're losing is appaling.

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  @nomadsteve5297 · 2 years ago

  I’m 58 and for at least 45 years I have gambled and this lad is brave to stand up and tell his side of the story, I wish him all the best for the future

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  @vincenzoiannotta1114 · 1 year ago

  As an ex gambler, it's the first time I've seen a video like this, with the same person in two different stages of life, I think we really need more content like this, because our addicted brain at a certain point is like it wants to forget and start all over again, so we constantly need external reassurance that allows us not to return to that habit that unfortunately becomes a monster for many

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• RA

  @RacingCommentator · 2 years ago

  I sincerely hope he can stay clean and any other problem gambler reading this.

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• CO

  @Consistent30 · 2 years ago

  The owner of bet365 was once the richest woman in the UK. Tells you all you need to know.

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• IA

  @IAMNationX · 2 years ago (edited)

  As an Alcoholic in recovery i feel you. Booze, Gambling is constantly shoved down our throats as Glamour or Being Cool. They banned cigarette advertising they need to do the same with alcohol and gambling. If you are "Adult" enough you dont need an advert to help you place a bet or a drink you want.

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• MA

  @martyomeara3755 · 1 year ago

  It’s such a tough disease &nbsp;.<br>I am out rehab for gambling and I was doing great but it pulled me in again and I relapsed .<br>The mental torture of gambling is soul destroying .<br>I am back doing one day at a time but as the guys says the recovery restart again and again is exhausting.

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• OL

  @OliThaTwist · 2 years ago

  Really brave of this guy to be so honest and vulnerable. &nbsp;Massive respect

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• SA

  @samnimal · 2 years ago

  I got a national lottery advert before watching this video lmao

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• TA

  @tara607 · 1 year ago

  A coworker &quot; Retired&quot; at 51 thinking he was set for life with our company Profit Sharing Plan, His GF now Wife also quit working, Well, 3 years later all $500,000 + &nbsp;was gone due to gambling, Vegas, Atlantic City, Bingo, all gone 😵‍💫 now they live in a trailer park in Delaware and both back at factory jobs with failing health, very sad.

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