addict, who blew £100,000 in four years, is sleeping rough to raise money for a family who fled for their lives from terror-ridden Afghanistan.We told how Paul Pettigrew got hooked on gambling aged 18.
For the next four years he racked up debts to betting sites, pay-day loan firms and loved ones - with the most owed at one time being £28,000.The 25-year-old from Port Glasgow, Inverclyde broke his silence by speaking to the Daily Record in October 2020.
Since then the success of Paul's prevention service, Gamtalk, has sky-rocketed, having reached thousands of schoolkids and young footballers through inspiring presentations and online interaction.
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