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Jack
Ritchie, from Sheffield, UK (pictured with his mother Liz) committed suicide at
just 24 after battling a gambling addiction
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●UK families of people who
committed suicide over gambling addiction spoke out ●They want firms to donate
1% of profits and a introduce a £2 maximum stake ●The UK has an estimated
430,000 adult gambling addicts with 1.57m at risk
Gambling operators should
be forced to pay 1%of their profits to help tackle addiction to betting, a new
campaign group has demanded.
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| Gambling operators should be forced to pay 1% of their profits to help tackle addiction to betting, a campaign group has said. Britain has an estimated 430,000 adult gambling addicts, with 1.57million more said to be 'at risk' of developing a real addiction, and experts have warned that a growing number of children are becoming hooked. |
