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KOCHI: Over the past few months, two persons died by suicide owing to the mounting pile of debts caused by online gambling, a dangerous addiction.Experts highlight the loopholes in the Betting and Gaming Act of 1960 and the vulnerable population that falls prey to such games
29-year-old man from Thiruvananthapuram recently took his life to escape from the debts he incurred due to his addiction to online gambling. Identified as a contract labourer at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, he was found hanging in a rubber plantation near his house in Kuttichal.On enquiry, the youths family informed the police that he spent his time and money playing online rummy (a card game). When he ran out of money, he would borrow more fr…
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