A GAMBLING addict has described the moment she won a £127,000 poker jackpot as the worst day of her life – and one that led to 20 years of despair.
Lisa Walker, 48, said her addiction caused her to become bankrupt and she even lost her family home in the process. Lisa Walker with her son Danny in Las Vegas back in 2018 Credit: Jam Press The Peer Aid support worker was first introduced to gambling when her dad and grandad played cards together, betting no more than 50p at the time.
Even as a child, she remembers the rush she got from winning something as little as £1.
But once she turned 18 and it was legal for her to enter casinos, Lisa’s habit escalated.
In February 2001, Lisa, then 29, won a jackpot of £127,000 at Rendezvous casino , a day she described as ‘the worst of her life’.
She said: “My heart was pumping in my chest and all I could think about was how in a couple of minutes every single person in this casino was going to know that I had won that jackpot.
“In a flash, alarms went off, people were screaming, the casino manager ran up to me telling me they’d have to check the cameras right away, and random strangers were running up to me congratulating me. Most read in Money
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