When I started gambling I had no idea Id end up like this, says 29-year-old reformed gambler Wah, who does not want to disclose his full name. I thought Id be able to control it.
Were in a room at Wan Chais Tung Wah Even Centre, a counselling and treatment service for problem and pathological gamblers, where Wah is talking about his 11-year struggle with gambling addiction that started when he was a 16-year-old high school student. Under the legal age of 18, Wah had to ask older friends to place bets for him.
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