I have been waiting for this day; waiting for almost five years for the federal governments national gambling self-exclusion register, BetStop, to be open for business.
In November 2018 I met with former communications minister Paul Fletcher and he used my story to announce the creation the register. At that point, I had been made redundant and had gambled my $190,000 redundancy package. I had been earning $130,000 in a professional role with a blue chip company for 20 years. I was suddenly unemployed and fragile. My payment went, I lost the family home, my marriage ended and I entered into personal insolvency.
At that time I knew I had a gambling problem. My marriage ended because of online gambling. I sought financial counselling and sel…
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