‘Gambling was all I thought about all day’

Andy Margett, 39, on how he became addicted to gambling – and later turned his life around

Name Andy Margett
Age 39
Income £21,000
Occupation Warehouse operative

I was 12 the first time I placed a bet, of about 50p on the Grand National, and I gambled a bit as a teenager. After I married Becki, I worked at Toyota and earned over £25,000 a year. It was then I started playing poker online and gambling took over.

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