‘Gambling problems more common in footballers and cricketers’

(BBC) Professional footballers and cricketers are three times more likely to have gambling problems than other young men, according to research.

A study conducted for the Professional Players’ Federation  shows 6.1% of sportsmen would be classed as problem gamblers compared with 1.9% in the general population of young men.

PPF chairman Brendon Batson says the findings are