BBCNEWS Newsnight June 4, 2024 21:56:00
The online sector has exploded. psychologists say lewis's story illustrates how years of lax regulation has impacted lives. it started at 16 when lewis saw an online advert and used his dad's account to place some free bets on football matches. with his final 50p, he took a punt on 128000 to i odds, and won. the moment i won the 64 grand, just complete shock, like it didn't really hit me. i won that amount of money, felt really good, but then actually had to sit on that for about a year and a half until i turned the legal age to gamble at 18 and sit on that feeling of all of those good connota...