A young life ‘dominated by gambling’: Victorian coroner delivers stinging findings on death of 22-year-old

Online betting was the ‘direct and paramount’ cause behind Kyle Hudson’s decision to take his own life, inquest finds

Kyle Hudson was “a young man brimming with promise”, with a loving and supportive partner, family and friends, and prospects.


“It was a near ideal picture - except for the grip that online sports betting had upon him,” the Victorian coroner Paul Lawrie said on Tuesday.

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