Wife calls to ban ads after husband’s £85k debt

“We are dealing with a predatory industry here, they are putting money over lives.”

Tracy O’Shaughnessy wants to see the end of gambling adverts, a mission spurred on after her husband got £85,000 in debt.

“Gambling ads are normalised and as an affected other (someone who experiences negative impacts or harm as a result of someone else’s behaviour), I find it really triggering. I sit there and I think it’s not fun, it’s ruined my life,” she said.

In her local area of Merton there isn’t any escape either, as Tracy says there are seven betting shops on her high street.

A gambler for more than 30 years, Tracy said her husband must…