It's another episode of 'Hold or Fold: Worldwide' - Where Ben speaks to people in other countries to find out how their experience of gambling and prison was different, or similar, to his own

What starts as a seemingly innocuous £1 bet spirals into a life-shattering obsession. In this riveting episode, we speak with Tony O’Reilly - Once a trusted post office manager, later a headline-making gambler, then a prisoner, and now a leading voice in the fight against gambling harm.

In this conversation, he tells us:

•How addiction can start innocently and accelerate into something uncontrollable.

•What drove him down the road to crime - and what it did to those around him.

•What it’s like to hit rock bottom, to face imprisonment, and to rebuild from the wreckage.

•How he now works as an accredited addiction counsellor and speaks in schools to expose the hidden dangers of gambling. 

•How he doesn't have regrets and his time behind bars was largely positive

Useful Links:

• Tony 10 - Tony's Book
• Tony O'Reilly
• Reframe Coaching
• Gambling Harm UK
• Gamcare
• Gamble Aware
• Bet Know More
• Breakeven
• Gamfam
• Gamlearn
• Gambler's Anonymous

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK BY FILLING OUT THIS QUICK SURVEY - THANKS SO MUCH

Call the National Gambling helpline, for free, on 0808 8020 133

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Ben Jones & Steve Girling

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