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"It was carnage, I lost enormous sums": the descent into hell of sports betting addicts

2021-07-03T03:42:55.697Z


TESTIMONIALS - Contrary to advertising spots praising sports bettors, nearly 6% of players fall into addiction.


The Euro is expected by everyone as a party, but for us it's a nightmare.

“The ads to the glory of sports betting, tirelessly clubbed since the start of the European football championship, spare no one, especially Antonin, 24, addicted to sports betting.

Like him, according to the French Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT), 5.6% of players, 4.2% for horse betting, develop addictions to this practice which can lead to a big loss.

Read also: How France is reluctant to regulate sports betting

Compulsive gambler, pathological gambler, addict ... At the end of 2020, there were more than 200,000 snags in France, among the contingent of 4.4 million sports bettors identified by the ANJ, the National Gaming Authority.

Particularly valuable players for online betting sites, since 61.7% of their revenues are the result of these “

problematic

bettors

, according to the OFDT classification.

Like Antonin, Fabrice, 29, weaned from gambling for seven months, confided in

Figaro

on his crazy

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Source: lefigaro

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