‘I was going to end up in a grave’: Female gambling addict reveals how she bet her life away

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‘Even on my dad’s deathbed, I swore to him I would never have another bet but I still went and did it,’ Lisa Walker tells Maya Oppenheim

Ms Walker’s gambling addiction got so bad she was forced to remortgage her house three times - adding that she ended up in a hostel in Romford with her two children who were 10 and 11-years-old at the time. I quite quickly became very good at playing cards. I was gambling for 37 years.”

 

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