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He lost over $1m to gambling and blew his mother's life savings
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One month before his wedding about five years ago, John's (not his real name) fiancee broke up with him. At that time, he had lost more than a million dollars, blown his mother's life savings, and was hounded by more than a dozen legal and illegal moneylenders.
The 39-year-old director in an IT firm said he became suicidal after the wedding was cancelled, adding: "My whole world just stopped. I hid my gambling problem from her and I told her I had only credit card problems. I looked down on myself and I felt a lot of shame and anger, yet I didn't want others to look down on me.
