How low have you gone to have a bet?

[fintron]

Just come across this story on the RP about a gambler that stole almost £5 million for gambling purposes....

A GAMBLING addict is facing jail after he admitted stealing almost £5 million from Birmingham University. Paul Sadler, the former managing director of Birmingham Research and Development Ltd, a trading subsidiary of the university,pleaded guilty to stealing the money from his firm between December 1994 and January 2008. The company, from which Sadler, 49, from Hallow, Worcestershire, resigned shortly before his arrest, oversees the sale of rights to the university's 'intellectual property' around the world, including research and inventions. Sadler's bookkeeper, Christine Eggleton, 51, of Rubery, also admitted theft of £2.1 million, again from BRDL, when the pair, who also pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud by submitting false invoices, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court. Last year Sadler, who was MD of the company for seven years, admitted to the Birmingham Sunday Mercury that he took the money to fund his gambling.

Who do you reckon he's blown it on then...Robin The Till? But joking aside, gambling can become a problem for some. I remember watching a programme on TV not so long ago, some drama, and a gambling addict of a dad broke open his kids piggy bank so he'd have some money for a bet. Has anyone else stooped low before to get hold of betting funds and are open enough to admit it? Or do you know of someone? On a personal note, although frequency of betting has been something that has caused me trouble in the past, every bet I have placed has been out of my own pocket and I'd like to think I'd never get that desperate for a bet that I'd go to some of the extremes mentioned above.

[Spooner]

Re: How low have you gone to have a bet? :eek Some of the stuff you here of is a bit extreme. I'll be honest, I've blown my own money plenty of times as I'm sure alot of us have in the past. Stealing money is when it becomes a problem, I can sort of understand if you have no job and no income the 'need' to steal money...but if you do steel it and then gamble it all away, what's the points. :unsure Especially 5 million, ffs!!