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Soccer Players Fans Betting
You would be surprised to know that not only normal people like us like to gamble, but great soccer players who earn millions also like. Many countries around the world have legalized betting and gambling, and there is nothing wrong with it if done in moderation.
Below these lines there is a list with soccer players who love to bet.
- Michael Chopra
Chopra is a former professional footballer. Although as a player he did not show much potential in football, made a fortune betting. However, it cannot be denied that his gambling addiction was somehow negative, because it brought him great losses. Chopra confessed that he started gambling when he was a mere teenager. Later he added that all the players on his team used to bet and it was like a team activity where they spent thousands on bets.
However, what started out as a fun activity soon became an addition, and before Chopra could know it he found himself in a huge debt and debt collectors were after him. His father had to sell his house to release him from this loan. Here it should be understood that, although gambling is not a problem in countries where there are no laws against it, things can get tough if it becomes an addiction. Gambling and casinos can help you make money, but you should know when to stop to make sure you don't share Chopra's fate.
- Dietmar Hamann
Hamann is a professional soccer coach, and former german player. Such is his passion for the game, that their 45 years still associated with him. Hamann fell in love with gambling while at Anfield. He liked to bet on cricket and he did it a lot. Hamann told his story with gambling in his autobiography. Writing it, Hamann stated: "I was betting on margin (spread betting), because it requires more thought, and the more I had my head on it, The less I thought about the devastation I felt inside.
”The player confessed that he highly values gambling clubs but that he frequently bet more than he needed. When he started losing bets, Hamann took critical gambling advice: bet on what you can avoid losing. The former player offers this advice to his fans. Fortunately, Hamann overcame his troubles before it was too late. According to Hamann, The gambling problems started when his marriage broke up and he left the Liverpool to play for Manchester City. The player said he had been in a dark moment after leaving Liverpool, club with which he said he "had an outstanding relationship".
- Dominic Matteo
Matteo is a player, formerly Liverpool and Leeds, with a career of 20 years on the soccer field. With a particularly long career, the Scottish international managed high salaries, spending some of them on gambling club games. He had to retire at the age of 35 years due to injuries. He loved horse betting and confessed that he got into gambling because he was bored. Surprisingly, very few individuals, including your closest relatives, they realized that Matteo liked to gamble. He was quiet about it, as he had frequently been humiliated for his bad luck. It was declared bankrupt in 2015, a year after taking the job of Leeds United's football diplomat.
Today, Matteo runs a club in his old neighborhood and appears regularly on television.. Also offers guidance to players, encouraging them to gamble small amounts and keep a strategic distance from drugs.
- Paul Merson
Merson plays in both the English Champions League and Arsenal. As a star player, Merson made significantly more money than his friends. He didn't spend his millions carefully, since he started gambling and taking drugs.
As Merson once described his life with gambling, "I desperately wanted to gamble." I was betting £ 50,000, £100.000, or depending on how you felt. Merson confessed that he could put 40.000 pounds in a game. In general, more than was spent 6 million pounds gambling. When there came a time when I was unable to win, got into drugs and alcohol. He did not research or gamble with groups he adequately understood, rather, Merson listened to the bookies and made irregular bets, losing money simultaneously.
In contrast to many star players, Merson's problems were steadily deteriorating. There came a point where he had lost his millions, to his companions and almost everything he owned. With the right help, won his fight against alcohol and cocaine, although in 2003 Merson admitted that he had neglected control over his gambling problem. Like Chopra, agreed to be treated for gambling dependency at a private Tony Adams facility. Merson put everything in order, found another kind of job and another life. At the end of 2012, the former English gambler admitted that he liked gambling but only uses his change of loose change.
