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"I Started Gambling at 11 Years Old" | He Stole Wallets, Did Jail Time & Got Hooked on Crypto Casinos
He placed his first bet at 11 years old. By 21, he'd stolen wallets, done jail time, and burned through everything chasing the next bet on underage crypto casinos.
In this episode of Nothing's Off The Table, I sit down with Kurt F. — a former compulsive gambler now in recovery — to talk about the dark reality of youth gambling addiction in the age of sports betting apps, loot boxes, and 24/7 access casinos in your pocket.
We get into:
- How a kid gets hooked on gambling at 11 years old
- Underage gambling through crypto casinos
- Stealing to fund the addiction and the jail time that followed…
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