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Annie Ashton says a lack of awareness meant her husband Luke could not talk about his problem.

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Mrs Ashton said she and her husband were unaware of the issues surrounding gambling disorders in the run-up to his death."Luke didn't have those signposts. He didn't have the ability to know what he was going through. Betfair was named as an "interested party" in the inquest and Mrs Ashton said she had pressed the coroner to consider specifically the wider questions of betting safeguards in the build-up to her husband's inquest last month.Mrs Ashton said it was important to know gambling addiction could 'happen to anyone'

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