Hi Maxheadroom I don’t think it did to start as he was using fruit machines way before things got big online (he’s 33 now so when he was 14/15 it was just the fruit machines that git hold of him) but I think as he got older, drank more on nights out and the coke became the norm, he gambled to try and win money to fund the coke and got more into debt. This is how its been for the last 3 years, he’d do the coke, owe the dealers gamble to try to win the money he owes, do more coke because he lost hundreds of pounds then ring mum to bail him out. So if your son is gambling its quite possible he’s trying to fund his addiction and picking up another one in the process. My son hasn’t gambled for quite some time now (as far as I know) as he has self excluded from online sites and bookies. He’s also not been drinking or smoking for nearly a year its just the damn white devil powder he has to quit!
