As an adult gambler Kieran lost everything, was made homeless and overdosed
A former gambling addict has told how he first became hooked after playing seaside slot machines - aged just eight. Kieren Smith, 33, first became addicted to slot machines when he would go on family holidays to visit relatives in Mabelthorpe, Lincolnshire.
"This was at eight years old, even at that age I wanted to gamble more than the average person and I wanted more chance of winning. I would go to the seaside to visit my family and it would be an inconvenience for me because I didn't want to see people, I wanted to gamble. I would be singing 'gamble time, gamble time' and I was 12 years old."
"That was a familiar pattern throughout my journey, I would lose my wages regularly. Then when I had nowhere else to go in terms of my wages, I would then borrow money and then I would go for payday loans. Kieren says he is now unable to get a mortgage or even have a mobile phone contract, because of how much money he gambled over the years.
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