and i can do it. detective henderson heard all of this. i thought back to the first night he spoke with dan. was she really as clueless as she seemed? she seemed calm. maybe too calm, thought detective henderson. and definitely too eager to offer up alternative theory. and he s got a lot of people that are angry with him right now. scott has enemies, scott has gambling problems. did you find any evidence that he had any enemies, other than his wife? no. they did find evidence that anne was likely home all day. she said as much the police. that would mean she was there
look again at legislation in this area. as you mentioned, the culture secretary, lucy frazer, was writing in the times this morning speaking about how she feels there is a las vegas and everyone s phone, so we do feel the laws need updating. we re probably talking about a compulsory levy for gambling firms that be put into addiction treatment, helping people who have gambling problems. there are voluntary levies at the moment but crucially the nhs doesn t take money from the gambling industry with its voluntary contributions because it feels there are ethical concerns around there. affordability checks for people who are losing big amounts of money in quite a short period of time, and there will also be a consultation on state limit, so how much people can bet per spin, for example, on an online roulette table, and we will be hearing potentially as well about different limits for people s age.
lead them to dangerous path for some. when gambling becomes an addiction, it can wreck lives. shatterfamilies. lostjobs, foreclosed homes, jail time. suicide. these are all the most extreme scenarios. but it s important we acknowledge that for some families, those worst fears for their loved ones have materialised. parents like liz and charles ritchie, whose sonjack parents like liz and charles ritchie, whose son jack took parents like liz and charles ritchie, whose sonjack took his own life while travelling in hanoi after years of on off addiction. gambling problems in adults have always been measured in terms of money lost. but you can t put a cost on the loss of dignity, the loss of identity, and in some cases, the loss of life that it can cause. we need a new approach that recognises a flatter is one thing, unchecked addiction is
to a very dangerous path. because when gambling becomes addiction, it can wreck lives, shatterfamilies, lost jobs, foreclosed homes, jail time, suicide. these are all the most extreme scenarios. but it s important we acknowledge that for some families, those worst fears for their loved ones have materialised. parents like liz and charles ritchie, whose son jack took his own life while travelling in hanoi after years of on off addiction. gambling problems in adults have always been measured in terms of money lost. but you can t put a cost on the loss of dignity, the loss of identity, and in some cases, the loss of life that it can cause. we need a new approach that
period, many people have committed suicide, many families have had their lives devastated because of gambling problems. we now know that for instance there are 60,000 children who are now deemed to be gambling addicts. at long last we have got it. at long last some of the key measures at least are being addressed. i would argue some not going far enough, but we are now going far enough, but we are now going to have greater control of online gambling. it is worth reflecting that we actually, the food we eat is currently more regulated than online gambling. so that s a good move. i m pleased that we are going to have a statutory levy, after all only about 500 of the 2500 gambling companies of currently paid to the voluntary levy so that is a good news. i m pleased there are more affordability checks so we don t have people, at one case