"My Gambling Addiction Lost Me £12,000 in One Night" - Ellis Platten (Away Days) 

Props to Ellis for opening up about this issue. If you or anyone you know is struggling, we've left some resources in the description. 💛🇳🇺

Ellis was literally telling my life 2 years ago. Every paycheque I would bet to try and cover bills and lose it. 2 years clean and would never go back

My advice to anyone who gets involved in gambling, is once you do managed to stop, don’t ever put a bet on again, not even just a little one for fun or because you’ve convinced yourself you can control it. Relapses are real & can lead you to worse places then you were originally in. When he said he still wants his stag do in Vegas alarm bells went off. For an ex gambling addict, that is the worst place you can go

The Gambling industry is a disgrace in the UK. From around the clock adverts to free bets it need a serious overhaul.

18 months clear of gambling now and couldn't be happier. Saved so much money spent it on my kids instead of bookies and my life feels so much better

I can relate I once lost 34,000 in an hour, I was playing high stakes blackjack betting $4000 a hand. Gambling has consumed by life and has destroyed relationships with people as well as being in massive debt. To anyone reading this please stop before it becomes a problem too big to come back from. It is not a game you’re playing with, rather it is you’re life.

Ellis really is a top lad. Good on him for opening up like this to show that even celebrities/youtuber/well known people struggle with the same issues as the common working person!

The new Austin Powers gnashers on Jack lmaooo He can hardly speak with them hahaa

Seeing this and Pie’s conversations, hit it home real hard. Just signed up to gamstop after seeing some comments 🙏🏼

I'll always remember the times I'd wake up and a few seconds later it'd hit me how much I'd lost the night before.

If you’re a regular in the bookies, and you’re really struggling with addiction, please inform the staff you want a MOSES application! I promise you us lot behind the counter hate seeing you lose money, and I believe the FOBT’s should be banned. MOSES will prevent you from going in any bookmaker in the area for a year, and you can renew it for the years following. If you’re too nervous to ring for yourself, we can also request a callback for you.

Ellis was a great guest - Brilliant podcast

Online gambling cost me my business my kids and looking at facing prison due to Tax issues with HMRC....thankfully iv sorted the gambling out now but still paying the price for my passed addictions

I was down 60k of my own money chasing 20k that I had won and then lost. Dangerous game

Gambling is the worst addiction. Ruined a lot of people

Legendary honesty. Remember the layers, take away opportunity, take away time, etc. There needs to be more open discussion like this, especially amongst younger gamblers. Top man (ps don’t do Vegas) 😉

Great interview, it's brilliant to see these high profile people talking about this addiction. Hopefully it will help a lot of younger people identify they have a problem before it's too late.

Horrible horrible thing to go through. Been through the same situation with my gambling but managed to turn my back on it for the better. Great video once again Happy Hour👏🏻👍🏻

Completely agree with the first bit. Pretty much all my mates who were into football had paddy power accounts by 15 and we bet every weekend on the football, never more than like pocket money but still, one of my mates won €1000 on an acca both teams to score in both halves for 3 of the 3pm kick offs and that really sold us all. Honestly a miracle none of are proper addicts nowadays

GamStop has done wonders for me, can’t even bet if I really wanted to.

First time watching the channel for a few months and i’ve been blinded immediately by Jack’s new teeth 😁

Big up Ellis man I've been there gambled over 30k away in my early teens and twenties and spend thousands on FIFA too which felt no different than gambling on real sport. Haven't gambled in over a year now after signing up to gamstop

The absolute best thing I did was just banning myself and accepting you’re banned. SO many people say they’ll stop but won’t use the system to stop them because they’re not truly committed.

Remember watching his Away days videos back in 2014 and 2015 watching all the small teams round Norfolk

I gambled for 11 years and I believe you have 3 stages you go through, 1st stage your up winning 2nd stage is the darkest part of a gambler lose all the time chasing losses and always wanting to gamble when bored or randomly. Final stage you have learnt how to some what control your addiction but have relapses every so often. I then blocked gambling with My bank and my partners so if I wanted to gamble I'd have to wait 48hrs but that put me of gambling, I block any way I could to gamble. My advice would be to do the same to stop. Don't gamble if you never have as once your involved could take a long time to stop. I could say so much more but would be very long. Gambling is a mugs game and I was a mug but now I'm free join me and be free from gambling.

Great conversation lads. It's the absolute wild west online with slots streamers. Prem clubs like Everton no idea why it is so bad.

I've seen both sides of this. Grew up in New Zealand where gambling advertising during sport is not aloud. And now live in Australia where it is. I never seen gamblers back home in NZ. Here in Aus, the 14 year old kids at the cricket club know horses and trainers.

No idea who this is but the advice at the end is fantastic. We'll done for getting through it!

Loving the Alan Partridge specials Jack! 🫦

Can tell he still has a gambling addiction aswell, seen his twitch recently and he’s spending loads on packs of cards risking it to get a card that’s valuable 😥

Can relate so much. When it was bad for me I also won £15k in one night online (roulette) but wasn't able to withdraw immediately so lost it all in the meantime. Still took another 2 years to give up completely. Horrid habit

Started gambling at 17 in sixth form, used to sit in computer labs at lunchtime an bet on horse racing throughout the day I won a fair bit for the amount bet but I would highly recommend not gambling 6 months clean an I feel so much better for it

What I find to work is long betts ex: I have $100 on city to win the league + mbappe top scorer in Ligue 1+ Barcelona top 2+ Harland top scorer so it doesn't finish for a year and I get the feeling of gambling every week but I don't place any more betts.

I remember feeling like pure shit the first time I went to a casino and lost £40 on my first two hands of blackjack. Can't even begin to comprehend losing £12k in a night.

Wow..top lad this guy .glad he came out fine.

As an Australian I identified the low point of Ellis's gambling addiction as getting up at 6am to watch the A League

I learned so much by gambling a bit. Worth the money. Now I know and I felt the mess, addiction and the management/psychology it takes. My overall balance is around and similar to -£2000 in losses (worst in the beginning over 2 years). Money wise it's a waste of time. If you win "big" then stop for a long time. You had a streak of luck and it's rare. It's 5-10 deposits you will lose before there is luck enough to get something back and cover the amount used. You have to withdraw some for that to work. Usually it's just down, down, down with any balance.

I’m not even joking this has really made me realise how fucked I am think I’m going to stop

I watched Pieface on the podcast and thought the channel dealt with it very well, it was sensitive and sensible. Then the channel did some sort of promo gambling tour abroad. I was shocked to see the channel promoting gambling, given everything that Piceface had said about how destructive gambling is. I hope the channel thinks again before promoting gambling.

Ellis mentioned about anger at losing, the amount of times I’ve seen people going nuts at the machines in the bookies is ridiculous on roulette and slots (which are digital so they are so blatantly rigged it’s unreal)

I can relate pal, i guess there is loads of people like us or still have a problem, one day i went to all my local casinos and asked them to ban me, it worked i never have had a problem since

The hardest reality of any gambler is that there is no way to make back the losses, and just realizing your chasing a feeling of your time. Finding a feeling outside of it and continuously not breaking back into the cycle of gambling is the tough part from cutting it off initially and for good. Needing to think about something else to take up your time, but with also realizing your consumption of time with whatever it is will also probably be an addiction, just make sure it is a productive one.

Great Ep! Although Didn't realise Rylan was on the panel hah.

I work in a supermarket and yesterday we had a couple come in and the man was all over the girl. She was trying to get money from us for an imovo voucher, which is something you get and give to a shop and they use the barcode to give you the money on it. The man had just spent 1200 in the bookies down the road and lost all their money when they have kids to feed. He wasn’t even bothered aswell it was as if it was a normal thing to him. Crazy how many people are addicted and won’t admit

anybody that is considering gambling needs to go into it with the mindset of only gambling what youre willing to lose. you know how only the 1% of the 1% become professional footballers? well take that theory and apply it to gambling as well. you might be able to win a little bit of money from it in the short term but unless you are the best of the best you are always gonna lose it in the long term so always assume whatever money you’re gambling is gonna turn into a loss.

what a smart young man

Robbie being mates with Didi haman is a mad one ha.

I did exactly the same walked into a bookies with my paper round money at 13/14 and walked out 20 mins later with £250 off £20 I was hooked from then and only stopped 5 years ago won big but lost big

Hes completely right at the start the way online betting is being projected to younger viewers will probably lead to them trying and maybe win then there drew in more

Such a good shout re: virtual sports. Same as speed versions of blackjacks, roulette etc. As for schools. I remember gambling on the school PC at 17. Had a ladbrokes account for a year on a photoshopped ID

I had a hypothetical gambling problem. But, hypothetically, this video really helped me sort some hypothetical issues. I would like to thank Ellis hypothetically, and maybe buy him a thesaurus for Christmas.

Well, Im 19, and I started at 14 with coinflips site and stuff... didn't bet at 15, then at 16 back to betting. I bet almost everyday and it's a second life for me. Im addicted, but never gambled something Im not supposed to. Never been to a debt of over 50$, and I knew exactly when Im paying it back. Me and my friend like to bet on esports matches or on NBA, talk about it most of our day, and watch the games togather and have fun. We don't rage bet much... but we are trying to have fun. Yet, I wish I never met with gambling and never introduced my friends to gambling. Take care people.

Get on gamban and ban yourself for 5 years I did it a year ago and it was the best thing I've ever done.

I been gambling for 13 years it's absolute horrible

Jack looks like he’s swallowed a piano

3 Days is actually what i did with a drug addiction. Your brain and body goes through a type of cycle. Your brain reaches for other thoughts, emotions begin to balance naturally. It's like you're watching and thinking abou the world cup, then it ends. You're sad for a day but 3 days later you're over it.

Whatever happened to happy half hour with Robbie really miss those pods 😢

Kids gambling at school always been a thing. We used to go in William hill on the way home from school and put the rest of our money in the roulette lol

The buzz is amazing

I did this same thing playing online poker. Turned $25 into $10,000 in 30 hours. Slept for 3 hours and woke up to lose it all. Luckily it made me so sick i excluded myself from all gambling and just dont have the urge anymore.

See why Ellis dislike gambling sponsorship on shirts, I agree

Gambling is evil. I have never smoked or drank in my life but I’m the most reckless gambler ever.

And I see an ad for 888 before the video plays...some world we live in.

American sports do not have gambling adverts during shows. What is bad is when you watch UK sport especially Football half of the adverts are betting. Its so bad. Sky even have their own betting company they heavily promote during sports. I didn't realise this myself until I was living in Canada and a friend who would watch UK streams of Football said he was shocked about all the vetting ads during live sport. No wonder there is a gambling pandemic in the UK. What makes me sick is how these companies offer free bets when you start

This was the same as me not bet for 6 months now. And life is so much better without.

Do not gamble. The house always wins.

His first bet makes no sense, at no point in his LFC career was Sturridge ever 11/1 to return £60 from £5

I put myself in £6000 credit card debt at 18 years old… Im still paying it now years later. GamStop saved me.

I’m in this situation now, blowing my entire paycheck in hours on online casinos. It’s come to a point where I’m realizing it’s not about winning. I’ve deposited $100 and ran it up to $5k and lost it all that same night. If it was about winning, I could win and walk away

Virtual games are the most painful

Just ban myself with GameStop for 5 years, started as soon as I turned 18 and went down a shit path so quickly, so glad I finally made the stop

It’s the winning feeling you were addicted to, not the game. So a casino would be a terrible idea mate.

That's why I refuse to download any gambling apos on my phone. I know I'd go stupid with it. Waiting for a bus, waiting in line, sat on a bus, half time at football, af breaks while watching TV, etc... I know I'd keep putting bets on.

The virtual football and horses I pretty much I have tracked them for years and there are patterns same winners all the time if you can keep track

I know it's always the cliche that you win first bet then hooked but I genuinely think if you win or lose your first bet it makes a massive difference

How did he get 11/1 on sturridge to score first ?

Speaking of horse racing check out those nashers

I feel this. For me it was poker, roulette and black jack. Lost a lot. And when I won I played it all again until it was gone. It’s been almost a year now since I opted to self exclude from all online casinos and bookies and lotteries. I’ve also got myself banned from the local casinos. I am a bit worried though; I know my online exclusion runs out sometime in the next 5 weeks or so, first week of August ish. I just hope when I get that email, that I find the strength again to renew it for another year and to not go straight to an online table.

When did Rob Beckett get a podcast

All I can focus on us Jack's Teeth

I've never really seen the fun in losing money

It’s doesn’t let you put your limit up instantly it takes 24 hours or more

this is sadly so close to my story started at 16 loosing every pay check wow. these companys make it to easy to teenagers to get around the age verification.

I really wana stop but i can earn a few quid now and then studying form and that and i just dont have enough money coming in 😔 And there lies the cycle of shite

I think the footballer mentioned was Didi Hamann

I’d wake up at 6 to bet on the A league too 😂

Dont do it man. You are NEVER gonna get the euphoric feeling back of winning. You dont want to win, you want to feel the rush. And the worst thing is, your conscious doing it. Its a killer addiction

Ellis platten your a beast my friend

Nice shirt Ellis son.

It's always someone else's fault. "We look up to the players in the shirts with gambling sponsorships", "withdrawals take 24hrs to process, that's how they get you" etc. Grow up and take some responsibility. No one is forcing you to gamble.

What's the odds they get another gambling addict on the show?.. No seriously what are the odds I just need to know seriously guys just give me the odds already!! *Scratches arm*

Not gambled since last July and do not miss it. Do not be pulled back in by Cheltenham or those fake William Hill adds, gambling destroys lives etc. Stay clean.

Im here too late ive done the deed and now im down bad, even won 5k and didnt stop... terrible habbit win or lose

You can’t online gamble under 18 you need to send photo ID to the companies to cash out

I am giving myself one last chance to chase losing and I will be closing all of my online accounts permanently

What school did you go pitch and toss was the gamble all us lads loved loose all our dinner money playing lol

my gambling addiction cost me all my csgo skins, those were the days

I reckon jack could eat a sandwich through a letterbox with those choppers.

My poison was the FOBTs roulette..I was hooked on and off for 10 years or so

I don't gamble on sports. I only gamble on things like The Oscars, where the outcome is reasonably predictable. In fact, one year, I made a point of only gambling JUST based on the trailers. I didn't watch a single film and I came out with about £90. My first year gambling on The Oscars, I bet £5 on each of the 10 categories (Picture, Director, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, foreign film, animated film) 10 bets, £5 each.. Came good on each. My friend asked "did you put an acca on?" I asked "whats an acca?" Maaaaate. nearly 20 years on. For the first time, doing all 10 successfully. Never done it since. Ive felt sorry ever since.