At his lowest point, his life utterly ruined by problem gambling, Mark Potter (above) found himself sitting on a train station bridge moments away from jumping.
A little more than 10 years after receiving treatment, the former professional rugby player is hoping his harrowing personal story of problem gambling fuelled by the same competitive nature he tapped into to become an elite athlete will help college athletes avoid his mistakes.
Potter has worked for UK-based gambling harm minimization company EPIC Risk Management for eight years. He is the Head of Delivery for EPIC, a group contracted by the NCAA to provide problem gambling education to schools across the nation.
In the last year, EPIC has provided gambling education at six Ill…
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