With the ever growing problem of student gambling, Scott Davies – former footballer for Reading FC – visited our school on Friday the 1st of February to discuss how his gambling addiction affected his footballing career.
In a recent study by YouthSight, conducted on 1,000 people, 1 in 8 undergraduate students admitted to skipping lessons due to gambling. In addition to this, if this data is reflected across the UK, it could mean that there are 100,000 students with some form of gambling debt – clearly demonstrating the issue we, as students, have with gambling.
Scott said that he works quite closely with SkyBet This insures that teenagers cannot walk into a bookmakers and place a bet, as they should be checked straight away. H…
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