For Mark Kempster, it all came to a head onAFL Grand Final day in 2020.
“I went to the pub and lost a couple of thousands of dollars gambling, and I was so angry and upset I decided to drink my sorrows away,” he says.
“I passed out at a friend’s house and the next day when I got home, my partner Maddy used her intuition and checked my bank accounts, and the truth came out.”
Key points:
- Former gambling addicts say governments arefailing to protect the community from harmfulbetting apps
- A parliamentary inquiry isinvestigatingwhether the online gambling industry should be reined in
- The latestdata shows Australia has the highest online betting rates in the world, as well as the biggest gambling losses overall
The truth was that Mark was in the gri…
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