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Rare Watermouth Castle arcade machines could make thousands at auction

Collection includes some rare Disney 'automata'

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Women and Gambling

elissa used to gamble regularly in pubs, on fruit machines and down at the bookies. but she has got out of hand when she started doing it online in her 30s. i think it started when i was quite young, so about nine year old or something like that. my mum had an — i'm not blaming my mum, obviously, she hated gambling — but she had a caravan and we were always in the arcade, and at the time you could play on the slot machines, it didn't matter if you are aged, like 5p a spin it was. and she would give me pocket money every night, and i was putting it in them, like, i miust have been nine—year—old. i won £35, and i would give it to my mum to look after. and then i kept dipping into it. and can you describe when your gambling addiction was at its worst, what it was like day—to—day? so i have always, like, had a bit — well, a massive problem with drink,

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Women and Gambling

so i was always in the pub, playing fruit machines, in the bookies. it wasn't until i was about 30 and i started doing it online, online slots, and itjust got out of hand rapidly. and very quickly. i was taking out payday loans, quite soon, and i kept it all secret for years from my missus. at the end it would be, if i had money in my account, i would go to work, in between every job i would be gambling. i started taking my phone into the bathroom with me when i was having a bath and things like that. so how many rooms are there upstairs... she ended up going through treatment here, at the first women's residential gambling centre based in england, which opened 18 months ago and is run by the charity gordon moody.

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Women and Gambling

worked out to be about £30,000 in the space of three months. recent studies indicate that around the world, the number of women gambling is growing. and for those with addiction, is often done in secret. we seem to be sleepwalking, it feels like, towards a problem. elissa used to gamble regularly in pubs, on fruit machines and down at the bookies. but she has got out of hand when she started doing it online in her 30s. i think it started when i was quite young, so about nine year old or something like that. my mum had an — i'm not blaming my mum, obviously, she hated gambling — but she had a caravan and we were always in the arcade, and at the time you could play on the slot machines, it didn't matter if you are aged, like 5p a spin it was. and she would give me pocket money every night, and i was putting it in them, like, i miust have been nine—year—old. i won £35, and i would give it to my mum to look after.

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Women and Gambling

and then i kept dipping into it. and can you describe when your gambling addiction was at its worst, what it was like day—to—day? so i have always, like, had a bit — well, a massive problem with drink, so i was always in the pub, playing fruit machines, in the bookies. it wasn't until i was about 30 and i started doing it online, online slots, and itjust got out of hand rapidly. and very quickly. i was taking out payday loans, quite soon, and i kept it all secret for years from my missus. at the end it would be, if i had money in my account, i would go to work, in between everyjob i would be gambling. i started taking my phone into the bathroom with me when i was having a bath

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Women and Gambling

we seem to be sleepwalking, it feels like, towards a problem. elissa used to gamble regularly in pubs, on fruit machines and down at the bookies. but she has got out of hand when she started doing it online in her 30s. i think it started when i was quite young, so about nine year old or something like that. my mum had an — i'm not blaming my mum, obviously, she hated gambling — but she had a caravan and we were always in the arcade, and at the time you could play on the slot machines, it didn't matter if you are aged, like 5p a spin it was. and she would give me pocket money every night, and i was putting it in them, like, i miust have been nine—year—old. i won £35, and i would give it to my mum to look after. and then i kept dipping into it. and can you describe when your gambling addiction was at its worst, what it

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Women and Gambling

was like day—to—day? so i have always, like, had a bit — well, a massive problem with drink, so i was always in the pub, playing fruit machines, in the bookies. it wasn't until i was about 30 and i started doing it online, online slots, and itjust got out of hand rapidly. and very quickly. i was taking out payday loans, quite soon, and i kept it all secret for years from my missus. at the end it would be, if i had money in my account, i would go to work, in between everyjob i would be gambling. i started taking my phone into the bathroom with me when i was having a bath and things like that. so how many rooms are there upstairs... she ended up going through

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Women and Gambling

something like that. my mum had an — i'm not blaming my mum, obviously, she hated gambling — but she had a caravan and we were always in the arcade, and at the time you could play on the slot machines, it didn't matter if you are aged, like 5p a spin it was. and she would give me pocket money every night, and i was putting it in them, like, i miust have been nine—year—old. i won £35, and i would give it to my mum to look after. and then i kept dipping into it. and can you describe when your gambling addiction was at its worst, what it was like day—to—day? so i have always, like, had a bit — well, a massive problem with drink, so i was always in the pub, playing fruit machines, in the bookies. it wasn't until i was about 30 and i started doing it online,

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Women and Gambling

i said i was going to a mental health facility, because people knew i had mental health episodes that were bad, but nobody knew i was an addict. i kept my gambling a secret for years, and obviously it did eventually all come out. these british women fought to keep their gambling addiction a secret, until they were offered a lifeline — a place in a residential centre, and a chance to confront their addiction. i can't remember the exact amount, but it shocked my parents, it shocked my partner at the time, because i think it worked out to be about £30,000 in the space of three months. recent studies indicate that around the world, the number of women gambling is growing. and for those with addiction, is often done in secret. we seem to be sleepwalking, it feels like, towards a problem. elissa used to gamble regularly in pubs, on fruit machines and down at the bookies. but she has got out of hand when she started doing it online in her 30s. i think it started when i was quite young, so about nine year old or something like that. my mum had an... i'm not blaming my mum, obviously,

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Women and Gambling

she hated gambling — but she had a caravan and we were always in the arcade, and at the time you could play on the slot machines, it didn't matter your age, like 5p a spin it was. and she would give me pocket money every night, and i was putting it in them, like, i must have been nine years old. i won £35, and i would give it to my mum to look after. and then i kept dipping into it. and can you describe when your gambling addiction was at its worst, what it was like day—to—day? so i have always, like, had a bit... well, a massive problem with drink, so i was always in the pub, playing fruit machines, in the bookies. it wasn't until i was about 30 and i started doing it online, online slots, and itjust got out

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