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| How I Lost Over 20 Million Naira (£46,000) To Gambling In One Night....foot by MANNABBQGRILLS: 8:39am On Dec 06, 2019 |
Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend says he once lost £46,000 in one night but being charged by the FA for betting "probably saved me as a human being". Townsend, 28, says a mixture of an addictive personality and boredom while on numerous loan spells away from Tottenham contributed to his gambling. In 2013, he was fined £18,000 and given a ban by the Football Association for breaching betting regulations. "It snapped me back to reality," Townsend told the Players' Tribune. "I really feared for my whole career. When the thing that you love in life can be taken away from you, it changes your perspective." Townsend says, while on loan at Birmingham, he was in a hotel in Blackpool the night before the Championship play-off semi-final in May 2012 and could not fall asleep. Instead, he kept "checking my phone, placing more bets". "I'm probably the only lad in history to lose £46,000 lying in bed on a Wednesday night in Blackpool," he added. Townsend admits he was thankful to the FA for realising he was "just a stupid kid who made a mistake" after being caught by the governing body. He began having counselling for his gambling addiction. "That not only saved my football career, it also probably saved me as a human being," explained the former England international. "It opened me up to the possibility that actually talking to somebody about what I was going through was OK. "I'm not telling this story for the whole world. I'm telling it for the people out there who have had their knocks - for those who have been misunderstood, depressed, lost, and especially the ones who have battled addiction." 2 Likes
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| Re: How I Lost Over 20 Million Naira (£46,000) To Gambling In One Night....foot by MANNABBQGRILLS: 8:40am On Dec 06, 2019 |
Gambling is so so addictive. BECAREFUL before it ruin your life. NEVER bet with what you cannot afford to lose. 6 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: How I Lost Over 20 Million Naira (£46,000) To Gambling In One Night....foot by MANNABBQGRILLS: 8:58am On Dec 06, 2019 |
*****Fixed by the mods***** Meanwhile, take your political foolishness out of this sport thread to your politics thread or the moderators will take care of you for derailing (Rule 1). Be guided. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: How I Lost Over 20 Million Naira (£46,000) To Gambling In One Night....foot by Oluwasaeon(m): 9:04am On Dec 06, 2019 |
post=84670137:Bit rich coming from you. |
| Re: How I Lost Over 20 Million Naira (£46,000) To Gambling In One Night....foot by GOFRONT(m): 9:25am On Dec 06, 2019 |
He should have mentioned the club that cut his ticket so I can becareful with them.... Chaiii....20Million naira |
| Re: How I Lost Over 20 Million Naira (£46,000) To Gambling In One Night....foot by Roon9(m): 6:49am On Dec 17, 2019 |
post=84669625: The way you people gambled buhari on us all 2 Likes |
| Re: How I Lost Over 20 Million Naira (£46,000) To Gambling In One Night....foot by CandleEyes(m): 7:38am On Dec 17, 2019 |
The possibility of betting ruining one's life is very high than for it to improve your present situation. 1 Like |
| Re: How I Lost Over 20 Million Naira (£46,000) To Gambling In One Night....foot by Nobody: 10:55am On Dec 17, 2019 |
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