With her beautiful body and poor impulse control. Alice, with her black hair and big mouth. I can’t pick up the phone – I’m just hiding.We need to talk about Alice. “I also borrowed £50 from a very nice lady and I can’t give it back. “You are losing your money and that is painful but that is made worse because I let down my landlord,” Rob said. When he arrived at Manor Park, with his pockets full of last night’s winnings, he decided to try his luck at his regular haunts and, after winning about £2,000 on a betting spree, he challenged himself to go into every betting shop on the way to meet his landlord.Īlthough he estimates that he won £3,000 in total, by the time he reached the flat it was all gone. The next day he went to London to pay the rent for his flat.

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It’s not about winning money, it’s about those feelings. “You have this big expectation and if you win you are happy but if you lose it spurs you on. You feel every single emotion,” he explained. “You get the money and you start playing and it’s like you have a different life. He says he got caught up in a gambling cycle, fuelled by drink and depression.

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