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Lazar was overcome by a "deep sense of fear": his wife had just found out that he had racked up thousands of euros worth of debt after his attempts to control his gambling addiction had failed. Despite voluntarily signing up to a register of gambling addicts supposedly banned from betting, the 36-year-old IT worker still managed to lose around 5,000 euros ($5,200) on a sports betting website. Feeling desperate, Lazar -- not his real name -- took......

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