Cork gambler unable to give up addiction due to free Boyle Sports bets admits €56k con

The court heard the man tried to give up his gambling, but every time he tried to close his Boyle Sports account they sent him a €50 free bet and he ended up gambling again

Defence senior counsel Ray Boland said: “He closed his Boyle Sports account a number of times. But when he closed that account, Boyle Sports sent him a free €50 bet to encourage him to reopen the account.”  File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A gambling addict duped an acquaintance out of every euro of the €56,000 he inherited from his late mother in an elaborate two-year scam.

But now the gambler claimed he tried to combat his addiction by closing his Boyle Sports account a number of times during this period but each time they sent him a €50 free bet and he ended up gambling again.