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04/01/2010		Online Casino Style: News Another One Admits to Addiction
Home History Games News Dictionary		Cases such as these certainly don’t help the cause set forth by online gambling advocates, as yet another sports star has gotten himself in trouble over gambling. According to recent reports, the charismatic soccer player Colin Hendry out of Scotland has managed to get in over his head in relation to betting, allowing his habit get him in some serious financial trouble, despite his successful career as a UK football player. The fact that he frequented the internet casinos to fulfill his addiction makes for even worse publicity for the industry. There is a string on pity in Hendry’s tale, as the soccer player as he lost his wife just this last year. Her death came as a significant blow, the result of a minor surgery gone wrong, and Hendry apparently had more than just a difficult time adjusting to life without her. He turned to gambling, finding the excitement and potential winnings both exciting and pleasurable. Most reports agree that Hendry turned to gambling almost exclusively to cope with the death of this wife, though many note that he had been a regular member of a number of online gambling sites before his loss as well. The habit blew way out of control after June of 2009, however, when she passed. To facilitate his habit, Hendry borrowed a sum of £50,000 from Hector MacFarlane, both a friend and neighbor. Email exchanged confirmed that he knew he was in over his head with lenders, saying that the ‘vultures were circling,’ and he had placed himself in a ‘bit of a bother.’ As of yet, Hector has not yet been repaid.

04/01/2010

Online Casino Style: News
Another One Admits to Addiction

Cases such as these certainly don’t help the cause set forth by online gambling advocates, as yet another sports star has gotten himself in trouble over gambling. According to recent reports, the charismatic soccer player Colin Hendry out of Scotland has managed to get in over his head in relation to betting, allowing his habit get him in some serious financial trouble, despite his successful career as a UK football player. The fact that he frequented the internet casinos to fulfill his addiction makes for even worse publicity for the industry.

There is a string on pity in Hendry’s tale, as the soccer player as he lost his wife just this last year. Her death came as a significant blow, the result of a minor surgery gone wrong, and Hendry apparently had more than just a difficult time adjusting to life without her. He turned to gambling, finding the excitement and potential winnings both exciting and pleasurable.

Most reports agree that Hendry turned to gambling almost exclusively to cope with the death of this wife, though many note that he had been a regular member of a number of online gambling sites before his loss as well. The habit blew way out of control after June of 2009, however, when she passed. To facilitate his habit, Hendry borrowed a sum of £50,000 from Hector MacFarlane, both a friend and neighbor. Email exchanged confirmed that he knew he was in over his head with lenders, saying that the ‘vultures were circling,’ and he had placed himself in a ‘bit of a bother.’

As of yet, Hector has not yet been repaid.