"I'm Not Proud" - Gambling Addict Who Stole £250,000 From Work To Fund His Addiction

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9 ай бұрын

In a candid interview, Tom Eaton shares his personal experience with gambling addiction and the devastating consequences it had on his life.
Eaton reveals how his addiction escalated with the rise of online gambling and the lack of checks and accountability within the industry.
His story sheds light on the tactics used by online gambling companies to lure vulnerable individuals into a cycle of debt and addiction.
Eaton takes responsibility for his actions but highlights the urgent need for greater control and accountability within the online gambling industry.
He tells Jeremy Kyle about the trouble he ended up in after stealing £250,000 from work to fund his gambling addiction, and all the further problems this caused him.
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@talktv 9 ай бұрын

Do you know anyone who has had a gambling addiction?

@fionagregory9147 9 ай бұрын

No.

@re-shawnrufin2747 9 ай бұрын

Yes…

@steven3678 8 ай бұрын

me lost everything three times and a mean more than money and yet a met a man in the high roller room who turn too me and said A DONT HV A GAMBLING PROBLEM A HV A CASH FLOW PROBLEM .........

@thebeesnuts777 8 ай бұрын

Yes go past any bookies in Birmingham especially in the deprived areas you will see them outside, and I don't understand affluent areas ban them or have minimum outlets, on there high streets Deprived areas seem to have more of them, and how does the council allow this ? Also it's general knowledge, bookies like to pay cash, they prefer not to give a bank transfer or cheque, why ? I didn't know

@paulc3749 8 ай бұрын

@@thebeesnuts777why do you think? it’s a dodgy industry that the government profits massively from

@hunt-sm8vd 8 ай бұрын

As a gambling addict for many years it worries me that this man lost his marriage and did jail time and still has relapsed. If theres ever proof that its an illness its here.

@foottothefloormotorsports8384 7 ай бұрын

You can see it in his eyes. Us gambling addicts have a look to us, that nothing that could happen in front of our eyes could change the end goal of the current Moment, which always supersedes everything including a loss of everything including every $$$ right in front of you. Once the next hand is about to be dealt. You may notice or you may not…

@johnmcguinness6145 9 ай бұрын

This lady is a bit wrong quoting 1% gambling problem. The true figure I would estimate closer to 20%. Worked in the casino industry for 20+ years,

@asmani4896 8 ай бұрын

Yes I am. I’m struggling and can’t even tell my family about this. I’ve lost all my savings, tried to get it but I kept losing more more. Very depressing really

@africanbrowny 8 ай бұрын

Find one family member or friend that you trust and tell them. I don't know how it feels to have a gambling problem but I definitely know how to pull yourself out of the gutter and rebuild your life again. You can do it, don't give up hope. Take it one step at a time.

@nonbeliever3745 7 ай бұрын

Been there mate but now is the vital time to put steps in place to force a change. If not you’ll get into debt trying to get the cash back etc and before you know it you may be in a way worse situation.

@thomascheek1179 7 ай бұрын

Gambling councilling . I've started this along with mental health support . Half way through but slowly putting steps / blocks to avoid gambling. £7000 debt deep . Committed multiple money fraud. Phone contracts . Stealing . I'm 23 started at 17 on a computer game . Wish I did something straight away . You won't stop chasing it . I've had 8k win still lost it all . When your a gambler money means nothing to you. Estimated loss £130-160k Predicted to be £250-350k by the age of 30 if I continue.

@phennyarunda 6 ай бұрын

Same

@gurtejdhillon216 4 ай бұрын

I lost $1,50,000 and today I’ll tell my brother bout this n handling my bank account to him that only solution I see. Do this

@albundy7623 4 ай бұрын

Bad news guys, the big win isn’t around the corner

@johnatkinson7479 9 ай бұрын

A mate of mine worked at a casino for years he told me that many of the punters were well known problem gamblers with many leaving after losing 1000s repeatedly and in crazed state and in tears..management did nothing apparently

@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 7 ай бұрын

Lucky people must have great jobs to be able to have 1000s in the first place. I hear these stories and I don't get how everyone just seems to have 1000s to spend on this and that willy nilly

@SEANPOL203 5 ай бұрын

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24, they don’t have it for long if they are problem gamblers

@neildazley1872 4 ай бұрын

I’ve enjoyed a few casino nights, spending £20 or £30 and that’s it. I’m always flabbergasted to see people putting £50’s on the table like they’re pennies.

@prancer4743 8 ай бұрын

Very sad this addiction 😢

@chipbuttytime3396 9 ай бұрын

Where this woman and the betting authorities, addiction charities etc get their data from is anyone's guess. They all quote these mystical figures of 1-3^% of gamblers are at risk when they can't possibly know. Just from standing in a bookies and watching obviously poor people ramming their entire wallet contents in a fobt or making numerous trips to cash machines tells me it is at least 30% who can't control their gambling. This does not include online gambling where deposits in my experience are not questioned.

@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 7 ай бұрын

Makes me laugh when I try invest my money in to shares or crypto the bank makes it difficult claiming it's to "protect" me but wouldn't bat an eyelid if you try deposit it all to betfred, Ladbrokes etc. NONE of the institutions have your best interests in mind.

@chipbuttytime3396 Ай бұрын

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 Yes that's a fair point, just to mention with some major banks there is an option to block debit card payments to bookies. The older I get I think almost no one has our best interests at heart except dogs.

@ronvalente65 8 ай бұрын

I used to work with three workmates, every lunchtime they spent looking through the daily paper at the horses running that day, they used to spend hundreds of pounds every week betting ! one of them put a whole weeks salary on one horse, on a cert, that lost . they used to laugh at me for not joining in! haha.

@lifestylehacks2632 3 ай бұрын

This lady isn't helping matters with her message. Don't invite her again

@alicjap3482 Күн бұрын

They should not blame the company/casinos for his addiction. Just like nobody blames alcohol or cigarettes companies. I fully understand how difficult it is to keep gambling under control. It's not the free play or other perks that make a gambler gamble. I know it first hand. I play slot machines quite often. Even $0.50 or $1.00 bets can lead into big losses in a short period of time. I like getting the perks but they don't make me come back to a casino. I have a decent amount of savings and a lot of free time. If I'm winning I try to leave with at least some of the winnings but it's not easy. I stopped taking my bank cards with me. I also started to move some of my investments into locked in ones. Just in case I have an urge to play more which means lose mor in a longer period of time. Self exclusion is probably the best way of getting out of gambling but I'm not ready for it. I

@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 7 ай бұрын

He didn't steal the money just took what work owed him. Good on him. Stand proud fella many are on your side

@neildazley1872 4 ай бұрын

He absolutely stole from work and he wasn’t owed it. Incredibly brave of him to admit it on TV.

@patriot925 6 ай бұрын

I have no doubt that problem gambling follows the Pareto or 80/20 principle. 20% of gamblers lose 80% of the money. This is a very serious problem. Pains me to see all the seniors in casinos throwing their money away on slots. Depressing...😢

@waynegarland9938 3 ай бұрын

the problem is bookies amusements arcades goverment do not care bout people that have a gambling problem or people that have sadly self harm themselves and they never will sadly we got to do it on our own with the help of places like gamcare or gamblers annoymous all goverment arcades casinos pubs with fruit machines in all they care bout is the money they dont care what happens to people who are badly addicted to gambling sad as it is we got to fight this on our own and just talk to people bout it in the same boat

@paulsolfelt8452 2 ай бұрын

These online casinos will constantly leave notifications to try and get you back in there multiple times a day,lol !

@neildazley1872 4 ай бұрын

Some heartbreaking comments in here. If you’re struggling tell someone…anyone. Can’t imagine how it feels to hide a big loss from everyone you know.

@matthewclark2123 7 ай бұрын

What about a restaurant that sells basically garbage food that gives discounts. Are they just lowering in the people that are already obese and are going to die? Companies are allowed to entice you have to be a responsible consumer

@neildazley1872 4 ай бұрын

Hard to compare obesity to gambling addiction. Eating a big meal on a few occasions in a restaurant pales in comparison to losing hundreds/thousands at a bookies or casino.

@davidhall6464 9 ай бұрын

Chuck it all on Red, double your money and then put the money back before anyone notices...

@Shluba_ 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like he did and it landed on black

@FBICPS 8 ай бұрын

Why would a bookmaker want to highlight its problem gamblers? - you’re asking them to slash their own profit and turnover which they won’t do.

@SarahSmith-ym9ri Ай бұрын

Steals a large sum of money and blames the gambling agency!Teddy, Disloyal and SELFISH!

@user-ul3wr1bl3l 2 ай бұрын

Gambling is the worst but it all changed when I joined Amway.

@paulsolfelt8452 2 ай бұрын

Amway is a scam cult, I know people that did that years ago, are they even still around?

@Dogstho 5 ай бұрын

I have destroyed my life with this monster addiction 😢😢 69 days clean ❤ never again!!! All this shops do is robbing and destroying the whole communities!!! They are worst that any drug dealer!! I don't know why it is not banned yet 😢😢

@neildazley1872 4 ай бұрын

Hope you’re still going. It’s an awful situation to be in.

@dilwich 7 ай бұрын

The brain has been hijacked . . . OCD.

@zanikando 7 ай бұрын

That is so stupid 99% is not addict says that women every gamler in this world is an addict tell me one human that gambled once and then never again if he did not lost everthing that is so stupid

@Madvillany718 9 ай бұрын

Is he back at Dunelm now?

@theboss3034 9 ай бұрын

He's not back at Dunelm.The curtain closed on that job

@sirpagandetyptoft6793 9 ай бұрын

He is head of finance at Wilko

@steven3678 8 ай бұрын

@@sirpagandetyptoft6793 hes ma boss wait till a tell the lads at work we are going do a sweep stake now

@paulc3749 8 ай бұрын

@@sirpagandetyptoft6793😂

@princempofu 6 ай бұрын

@@sirpagandetyptoft6793wow and we all know what happened to Wilko 😂😂😂

@nguyen7957 7 ай бұрын

well government supporting responsible gambling

@kennethwort4974 6 ай бұрын

Bookie don't want WINNER'S only losers if you're wining you get banned

@user-lx9qg8we6j 6 ай бұрын

That's right they know really quickly if your an addict

@lonmar0612 4 күн бұрын

thats not strictly true. They do want some winners. Because if they didn't get any winners, nobody would go to them. They just want the losers to be hundreds of times as many as the winners.

@monicagudino6738 Ай бұрын

Gambling is for single ppl if u are going to gamble

@MarkSmith-tp6zc 9 күн бұрын

The modern gambling‘ culture’ which is all very normalised is ruinous for the nation yet lucrative for the government. It was a Blair policy to loosen the regulation of it and look at the damage.

@user-pu5tu5ju7l Ай бұрын

It's only sad stories when people lose..... But when people win then there's no problem? My opinion! Gambling as a whole should be banned in UK!!

@lonmar0612 4 күн бұрын

there are only two types of gamblers. Those who lose, and those who lose slowly.

@darrenmclaughlin3028 4 ай бұрын

Jason flat 3/42 leopold rd Felixstowe ip11 7 np robbed all the charity’s he worked for the cash recovered it’s because he was in charge of data c c t v etc the cash he stole off the elderly was never recovered one to watch round ur care homes