'Asleep at the wheel': Government accused of failing to regulate 'parasitic' gambling industry

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An inquest into the suicide of Jack Ritchie, 24, finds that regulation, NHS treatment and government warnings about the dangers of gambling are 'woefully inadequate'.

"We've seen it with tobacco - these are addictive products, that was the result of this inquest. So, we have to ask ourselves why the government is continuing to collude in the idea that we should be advertising products that so clearly kill our young people."

Mr Ritchie was working as a teacher in Vietnam when he wrote an email to his parents in November 2017 saying he was"past the point of controlling himself". He felt the only way out of his gambling addiction was to take his own life. Former addict, and director of Clean UP Gambling, Matt Zarb-Cousin, agrees that regulators have not kept up with the industry.

"These conversations, along with those of others who have experienced harm, strengthens our commitment to protect consumers and make Britain's gambling market fairer and safer.

 

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No one makes you gamble smoke drink take drugs done blame the system you have a brain to say no

What is the truth about the 3000 black fighter jets in Muhammad Qasim’s dreams? What will these fighter jets do? How will they help Muslim ummah rise again?

God alive, always the government fault, how pathetic

The internet was sold as a force for good but it was exploited for bad. The National Lottery seemed like a good idea when it was £1 & once a week. Then it expanded & expanded. From scratch cards to on-online accounts & gambling on demand. It is a tax on the poor and is poison!

I have many vices thankfully gambling ain't one of em. Poor sod

Government Oh how u make me laugh. Boris in the Russian arse pocket. England imploding.

Jack Ritchie inquest : Gambling addict help ' woefully inadequate '.

Something to be said about your 1st bankruptcy being achieved before you get your diploma.

And Labour before them. Shameful

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