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Was just reading an article about former cricketers who have fallen on hard times, sad to see a former umpire joining the list. Apparently sports people are significantly overrepresented in gambling addiction.
'Gambling problems more common in footballers and cricketers' - BBC SportProfessional footballers and cricketers are three times more likely to have gambling problems than other young men, according to research.
A study conducted for the Professional Players' Federation shows 6.1% of sportsmen would be classed as problem gamblers compared with 1.9% in the general population of young men.