Elissa Hubbard's Hidden Gambling Addiction

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Gambling: Addict spent wedding night betting couple's money

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Elissa Hubbard , 38 , spent what was meant to be the happiest day of her life hidden away gambling.

She spent her wedding night secretly losing half of the money she and her wife had been gifted.

At its peak she bet 40,000 a year at the height of her addiction.

BBC analysis suggests one in five gambling premises are in Wales ' poorest areas.

Expert in psychology of gambling called clusters of betting shops in deprived areas "a huge problem" Betting and Gaming Council said all its members operated "robust self-exclusion schemes".

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English

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possibly offensive

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not hateful