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Wife from Leicester believes husband took his own life because of gambling addiction
A woman from Leicester has told us she believes her husband took his own life because of a gambling addiction.
Annie Ashton has started a petition to get free bets and other gambling incentives banned.
Her husband Luke had managed to give up gambling but slipped back after accepting a free online bet – he took his own life four months later.
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