Former Galway star Campbell welcomes ban on gambling on underage events

“It’s an emotional disease and while you have your highs, where you win a lot of money and everything is going fine in your life, suddenly you have massive lows."

Former Galway hurler Justin Campbell has welcomed the news that leading bookmakers Paddy Power and Boylesports will stop taking bets on underage sports events in this country, writes Jackie Cahill.

Campbell has been outspoken in his criticism of the practice where punters could place bets on underage GAA, soccer and rugby games, as well as schools fixtures.