Strictly's Paul Merson blew his family's £160,000 house deposit in grips of gambling addiction
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Strictly Come Dancing star Paul Merson had such a bad gambling addiction he blew his family's £160,000 house deposit in lockdown with bets on table tennis. The former Arsenal star is on the BBC1 show having turned his life around and is in recovery from his alcohol and gambling issues. But he has bravely spoken in the past about how he struggled to cope in lockdown. In 2020 when the covid pandemic hit he spent the entire deposit and was left feeling suicidal. Looking back Merson said: “My
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