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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Callum Parke

Coroner condemns ‘inadequate’ protection of gamblers after man’s suicide

PA Media

A coroner has said a betting company failed to detect that a man who later took his own life was a “problem gambler” and that it has inadequate methods of protecting customers at risk of addiction.

Luke Ashton, from Leicester, died in April 2021, having racked up debts of £18,000, with a gambling disorder later ruled to have contributed to the father-of-two’s death.

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