Gambling Addict Takes Hammer to Betting Machines
A gambling addict in England, Robert Deeming, took a hammer to controversial betting machines and smashed them up. He claims that he was trying to highlight how much money is lost on them.
A self-confessed gambling addict smashed up six betting terminals with a hammer after becoming frustrated by how much money is lost on them.
He has since been arrested and charged with two counts of criminal damage. He has been banned from going to any betting shop for two months and been placed under curfew for four months.
Deeming also had to pay £300 in compensation and £145 in court costs.
He can barely afford the penalty and is having to pay it off in installments. Deeming is on sickness benefits and says he has been a gambling addict for around 50 years.
Deeming said, “I have frequented betting shops all my life. I had been playing them all month after some personal problems in my life got on top of me. The bad news just sent me off the rails. l had lost thousands in less than a month and I only had a little bit left and I was frustrated about it.”
