#181. England Footballer's £3M Gambling Addiction - Steven Caulker

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Steven Caulker is an ex Premier League footballer that rose through the ranks at Tottenham and Liverpool.

From playing for England and scoring on his debut to losing £250k in a casino in one night. Steven talks about the gambling addiction that dominated his career and discusses the dark reality of English football.

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0:00.0	Drink it out of hand. I'm blacking out every time I pick up a drink.
0:03.0	I'm gambling numbers that I can't afford.
0:06.0	I just felt it was...
0:08.0	You know, at that point there wasn't much left to give.
0:10.0	Stephen Corker, it's one-nill!
0:13.0	Stephen Corker gets it!
0:14.0	Stephen Corker has got a debut card for England.
0:16.0	And what was that feeling like knowing you're going to put the English out?
0:19.0	I'm scared. Yeah. I was really scared, yeah.
0:21.6	Rudden Henderson, Adam Llanah, Wayne Rune with Daniel Sturridge.
0:24.6	I just felt all these players and like superstars.
0:26.6	The people from the outside understand the pressures that the Premier League footballers are under?
0:30.6	No.
0:31.6	Not all.
0:32.6	As I moved through the leagues, it started to have more and more money.
0:34.6	My gambling got worse and worse and worse. Give me an example how much you would spend on a night at your peak.
0:40.4	A quarter of a million above.
0:41.5	A quarter of a million quid.
0:42.8	And that's probably the coolest thing about addiction.
0:44.7	It's like you're watching life fall before you.
0:46.7	Because I was in the public eye, I guess people spare less sympathy.
0:49.5	Where was your rock bottom in all of this?
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