Gambling reforms 'step in right direction' says former addict who spent £30,000 on football bets and online games
A former gambling addict from Stockport has said he believes recently announced reforms to tackle gambling are a ‘step in the right direction’.
He only sought help for his addiction when his son, then aged eight, saw him gambling on an iPad at home one day and asked him to stop. He is now a member of GambleAware’s lived experience council and also an ambassador for GamCare. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said on Thursday that the Government is “bringing our pre-smartphone regulations into the present day with a gambling White Paper for the digital age” and believed the proposals would "force companies to step up their checks" to protect vulnerable customers.
Colin Walsh, 45, from Sheffield, also welcomed the proposals. He said he gambled to levels that would be seen as problematic for close to 20 years and has been free of the problem for a decade.
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