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sports gambling has been going for several years in UK and several other countries. i dont remember anyone getting murdered over a lost bet.
by kayalan 4mo ago
sports gambling has been going for several years in UK and several other countries. i dont remember anyone getting murdered over a lost bet.
- rjmunro 4mo agoIt's been going for centuries in the UK. There have been murders: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/father-jailed-for-killing-daughter-in-fury-at-failed-football-bet-8550510.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/father-jailed-fo... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gambler-murdered-woman-for-pounds-400-1508888.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gambler-murdered-woman... It's a bit hard to find good stats, but it's at least 1 or 2 a year, it could be more like 10 - plenty of domestic violence is caused by money problems, and those problems can often be gambling related. There's a lot of suicides - between 250 and 650 people each year according to gamblingwithlives.org https://www.gamblingwithlives.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/The-Number-of-Gambling-Related-Suicides-in-the-UK.pdf https://www.gamblingwithlives.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01...