A 45-year-old man who works in the construction industry visited the office of Credit Counselling Singapore (CCS) in Middle Road last year to get help with managing his debt of more than $100,000.
Every week, he bought hundreds of dollars worth of lottery tickets and lost up to tens of thousands of dollars from football betting and visits to the casino.
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