The betting industry was yesterday accused of failing to learn lessons from dozens of gambling-linked suicides. The Gambling Commission has looked into just nine deaths since 2016 - a tiny proportion of the total number. Yet there are thought to be 409 gambling suicides a year in England Online Casino alone, according to research by Public Health England, Online Casino formerly an agency of the Department of Health. Father-of-two Luke Ashton took his own life aged 40 after Betfair handed him bonuses to encourage him to keep betting (pictured above with his wife Annie)
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The Betting Industry Was Yesterday Accused Of Failing To Learn Lessons From Dozens Of Gambling-linked Suicides
