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24/02/2016
The father of a gambling addict who took his own life after losing £500 on a fixed-odds betting machine tells us gambling adverts should be banned.
The father of a gambling addict who took his own life after losing £500 on a fixed betting odds machine tells us gambling ads should be banned. John Myers' son, Ryan, died with huge debts in 2014 aged 27 - still receiving the gambling offers and emails he'd tried to opt-out of. Plus the chairman of Surrey Youth League tells why he wrote a letter to clubs - after a football ref was threatened with stabbing and a linesman headbutted all in the same weekend.
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Wed 24 Feb 201610:00
BBC Radio 5 Live
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- Wed 24 Feb 201610:00BBC Radio 5 Live


