Gilly Flaherty knows that if she gambled on football herself, she would lose her job, so apart from the odd flutter on the horses, she has never been drawn into the world of betting.
However, the Liverpool defender has seen the destruction gambling can wreak on lives, with former teammates and loved ones caught in its grip, and she has even witnessed one of her close friends, a former footballer, lose everything as a result of gambling from his money and home to the end of his relationship with his wife.
But the thing that perturbs Gilly the most is that those addicted to gambling may feel the only way out of the debts that accumulate during their losing streak, or the despair they feel at being hooked to betting and the impact on thei…
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