A Belfast gambling addict has issued a warning about online gambling after spending hundreds of thousands of pounds and "ruining his life" due to the "pocket casinos".
The man, who does not wish to be named, told Belfast Live that at the height of his addiction he was placing a bet every single minute with an online bookmaker, sometimes gambling for up to 33 hours straight at a time.
He says that he was never red flagged by bookmakers for his continuous gambling sprees and believes that the industry is not doing enough to stop addicts from gambling too much.
