The cruelty of gambling addiction
Lewis Keogh took his own life because of a secret compulsion. His parents hope hard-hitting lessons in Northern Ireland's schools will help turn the tables on problem gambling.
For many years, schoolchildren have had lessons on the dangers of drug and alcohol addiction. Now increasing numbers of pupils are also being taught about the devastating impacts of compulsive gambling. A group of families - whose relatives took their own lives due to the addiction - have devised a hard-hitting education programme, which they say will prevent deaths. It’s being piloted in Northern Ireland, which has the highest rate of gambling addiction in the UK. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Ireland correspondent Chris Page has 5 Minutes On the battle to stop others staking their lives.
