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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephanie Wareham

Father made 100 bets a day due to ‘pervasive gambling disorder’, inquest hears

A “devoted” father-of-two was making up to 100 bets a day on betting websites and had previously racked up £18,000 in debts due to a “pervasive” gambling addiction before he took his own life, an inquest has heard.

Luke Ashton, 40, from Leicester, who died on April 22 2021, was a “happy” man who had no diagnosed mental health issues, his wife Annie told an inquest into her husband’s death on Wednesday.

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