A Florida man who stole more than $1m from his employer to bankroll a gambling problem – before becoming the director of his state’s gambling addiction helpline in trying to make amends – was recently sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.

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The headline makes it sound like he stole from the addiction hotline to fund his addiction. He stole from his previous real estate company, was found out, fired, and charged, became director of an addiction hotline while the case was being heard, and has now recieved a sentence.

Sullivan also recounted how he progressed from $25 sports bets to wagering $50,000 at a time – and losing more than $2m through gambling.

And no sentence for the actually villain of the story, Bovada. Who instead of recognizing this problematic gambling spree, inducted him into their VIP program giving him 50% on deposits. ProPublica did a great video on those non-existent safeguards these apps pretend to have.

Gambling is wildly out of control, but we live in a klpeto hellscape so regulation will never come.

Gambling addiction is shite, I've seen intact families fall apart and into poverty due to it. And the assholes who suck the money from these poor souls get hefty rich.

Every day I grow more and more convinced that the only substantial economic activity that occurs in Florida is real estate fraud, and that the social caste hierarchy is basically just 'who can do the most real estate fraud'.

10 years. I've seen rapists get off with less tbh

Florida Man is getting creative.

Aw comon, if you just let him set up one more bet, he'd have it to pay everyone back.

Can we extrapolate from that the sentences billionaires should get for large-scale tax evasion?

Gambling is sadly one of those addictions that make people unable to be trusted ever again.

Not surprised at all. It pays their bills to keep people addicted. This goes to many other “help” organizations.