Medway Council said gambling debts could lead to domestic abuse, stress and self-harm.

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Nearly two-third of both women and men said that they would never help their children pay off gambling debts.

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Legend has it that the law was crafted when the toffs of the Jockey Club were mired in gambling debts.

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Counterparties like Goldman Sachs, knowing it could use the bankruptcy laws to force AIG to sell high quality assets to pay off its gambling debts, played them like a Vegas card sharp never losing a minute of sleep worrying that the rube might go broke.

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