«Breaking News» Gambler lost £25k on 'crack cocaine' slot machines - then hanged himself at home an hour later

Huseyin Yaman, 37, (pictured) lost £25,000 in a night at Aspers Casino before taking his life

A gambler lost £25,000 on roulette and fixed odds 'crack cocaine' slot machines in one night - then took his life an hour later, MailOnline can reveal

Huseyin Yaman, 37, lost the five figure sum in just a few hours playing one of the controversial machines and a gaming table at Aspers Casino at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford, east London, on Sunday night.

After being escorted from the premises visibly upset at his losses, he was found hanged at home in north London early on Monday morning.

His death has been reported to the north London coroner and an inquest will be held at a later date. 

Mr Yaman, a businessman, from Hackney, north London, who owned a stake in a Turkish supermarket, had been gambling for up to two years at Aspers with losses in the region of around £100,000.

Sources say he was approached on at least two occasions and asked if he had a gambling problem, but was not removed from the casino.

His family said he regularly used fixed odds betting machines and was not helped by the casino. He was approached twice to ask if he had a gambling problem but was never removed, according to a source. 

Mr Yaman, 37, lost the five figure sum in just a few hours playing one of the controversial machines and a gaming table. He had lost around £100,000 at the casino in two years

Sources say Mr Yaman was approached on two occasions and asked if he had a gambling problem, but was not removed from the casino at Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford

A family member said they had 'no idea' that Mr Yaman had a gambling problem and had they known, they would have stepped in to help him.

The relative, who asked not to be named, asked why police officers, who were called to the casino, then let him go, despite him being in distress. 

'Huseyin was not in financial difficulty,' said the relative. 'He was a cheerful guy. This has come as a complete shock to the family. We didn't know that he was gambling heavily. We didn't have to collect him from betting shops.

'If he had money troubles, I would have helped him. He seemed happy. We just didn't see this coming.'

Turning their attention to the police, who have referred the case to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, they added: 'Why did the police let him go? If you found someone in distress, why would you let them go? They had a responsibility to look after him. Is it because they were stretched and didn't want to do the paperwork?' 

Mr Yaman's death is the latest to be linked to the highly-addictive machines that the Government are trying to curb, although in his final visit to the casino, he is believed to have lost most of his money at the roulette table. 

Two people a day kill are reported to take their own lives after getting in debt from playing the fixed odd machines.

A delay in curbing the machines led last month to the resignation of sports minister Tracey Crouch.

Mr Yaman is believed to have lost most of his money on his final visit to the casino on the roulette tables (pictured). His family told MailOnline they were worried about his gambling

She warned more gamblers would die before restriction on the amount of money that can be placed on the spin of a wheel was cut from £100 to £2. 

And Theresa May today made a humiliating U-turn on her decision to delay curbs to the machines following the Tory revolt.

The Government sparked fury by deciding to delay the slashing of the maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) to £2, by six months. 

But after a fortnight of mounting pressure, the Government today announced they will abandon the delay and bring the implementation forward to April next year. 

Mr Yaman was found hanging at a North London address in the early hours of Monday morning after being asked to leave the casino after becoming angry with staff. 

A Met Police spokesman confirmed police were called after a report of man acting aggressively outside the casino early on Monday.

They confirmed that officers were called to a property in Hackney later that day over concerns for the welfare of the same man.

A spokesman added: 'Due to the previous contact with police, the matter has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.'  

A friend of the victim told MailOnline: 'He was a heavy gambler and well known at the casino.

'I'm told on this occasion he lost between £25,000 and £27,000 on a fixed odds roulette machine.

'Understandably, he was very angry and upset and began shouting about the machines being fixed.

Fixed odds machines allow players to gamble stakes of up to £100 every 20 seconds. Each machine generates an average of £50,000 a year for bookmakers

Sports Minister Tracey Crouch (pictured) resigned her position over the delays in curbing the highly-addictive gambling machines that have cost another life

'He was escorted from the casino. He left and was found hanged about an hour later.'

Fixed odds machines allow players to gamble stakes of up to £100 every 20 seconds.

Currently gamblers can bet, and lose, £100 every 20 seconds meaning potentially thousands of pounds in a single session.

Since Labour's 2005 Gambling Act the number of FOBTs – which offer casino-style games such as roulette – has increased from 20,000 to nearly 35,000.

Each machine generates an average of £50,000 a year for bookmakers. 

Crouch resigned her position as she wanted the £2 maximum bet to be implemented much earlier.

She estimated gamblers would lose £1.6bn by the time the new maximum amount is imposed. 

A spokesman for Aspers told MailOnline: 'We can confirm that the man who tragically died was an Aspers customer.

'Early on Monday morning he became emotional and agitated in the casino. Our staff followed proper and well-practised procedures and took him to a quiet room. Since he remained in an agitated state, we asked for police assistance and handed him to officers who took him from the casino.

'The chain of events in the few hours following his removal from our premises remains under investigation by police and the coroner's office. Therefore we can make no further comment.'

If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article then you can call the Samaritans on 116 123, alternatively you can visit the website at by clicking here. 

Gamblers who have taken their lives after racking up huge debts 

Huseyin Yaman's death is the latest to have been caused by gambling debts - with addiction to fixed odds machines and online games said to be the cause of up to 650 a year.

Latest figures from the National Gambling Helpline show a 30 per cent increase over the past year on calls from people worried about their mental health caused by gambling.

Here are three examples of men who took their own lives as a result of gambling addiction.

Gambling addict Ryan Myers hanged himself after getting into thousands of pounds worth of debt.

The 27-year-old carpenter took his own life because he felt he had 'lost control' from racking up huge debts on fixed odds betting machines.

Gambling addict Ryan Myers hanged himself after getting into thousands of pounds worth of debt

An inquest in 2014 heard he had spiralled into debt and taken out a payday loan as well as asking several websites to ban him from gambling in a desperate attempt to stop his spending.

On the day he killed himself Myers, from Huyton, Liverpool, had lost £500 on a fixed odds machine. He left a suicide note in which he told how much he loved his friends, family and fiancé Kiann Macdonagh.

Following his death his father John, 56, called for a crackdown on the fixed odds terminals.

Supermarket manager Phillip Tomlinson took his own life after becoming 'overwhelmed' by an addiction to online gambling.

The 29-year-old would spend up to £1,000 a time playing betting machines.

He became so hooked that he sold his expensive set of golf clubs to raise money to pump into the machines and his girlfriend also left him when he frittered away cash at the bookies which had been earmarked for a trip for them to see the Northern Lights together.

Last July 11 amid mounting debts, Mr Tomlinson penned a note saying 'I am sorry for gambling, it was my biggest regret' before taking his own life at a beauty spot.

He was found hanged from a tree in secluded woodland by a dog walker in Monton, near Eccles, Greater Manchester, less than an hour after his worried mother issued a missing person's appeal.

Teacher Jack Ritchie leapt to his death after becoming hooked on gambling machines while still at school.

The 24-year-old was working in Vietnam when he took his own life.

Ritchie had become hooked on gambling machines from the age of 17 when he faked his age to get into betting shops where he would gamble away his lunch money.

He also squandered money left to him by his grandmother and was losing up to £1,000 a week.

In one of his last emails home, Jack revealed he was in debt and his parents wired him £2,000 only to discover he used that money to play online gambling games.

A final email to his parents Liz and Charles at their home in Sheffield contained a suicide note.

Despite a frantic search by friends Jack took his own life by leaping from the top of a building in Hanoi last November.

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