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Taking up the offer of a free online bet led "Gary" into a decade of addictive gambling.

He spoke anonymously to the 麻豆约拍 in the wake of a Glasgow University study which concluded that a radical overhaul of gambling laws was needed to prevent addiction and harm.

The report - published in the British Medical Journal - has called for an industry-wide levy on online betting companies to fund treatment services for problem gamblers.

"Gary" told 麻豆约拍 Scotland's social affairs correspondent Chris Clements how his addiction cost him more than 拢100,000 and left him with a life in tatters.