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• UK betting giants under fire for ads targeting at-risk gamblers

  01-02-2025 20:40
  
  Judge condemns firm for use of customer’s data after problem gambler was sent 1,300 emails over two years‘I lost 10 years of my life’: how UK betting giant’s unlawful marketing kept suicidal gambler hookedGambling companies in Britain could be forced to overhaul their advertising practices after a betting firm was ruled to have unlawfully targeted a problem gambler who was bombarded with more than 1,300 marketing emails.In a ruling at the high court, a judge found that Sk
  
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• ‘I lost 10 years of my life’: how UK betting giant’s unlawful marketing kept suicidal gambler hooked

  01-02-2025 20:40
  
  Sam found himself getting sucked deeper and deeper in to betting, sometimes risking £11,000 in a day. Now a judge has ruled he was unlawfully targetedAt 1.17pm on 15 August 2018, Sam* logged in to his online betting account and gambled five days’ worth of wages. Already deep in debt – having taken out 13 loans over three years, and with his marriage under strain – he had been desperate to quit.But Sky Betting & Gaming, operator of Sky Bet, Casino, and Vegas, had other
  
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