Luke Bateman
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1,125 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 5 Jul
Luke Bateman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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At the time, once again, you're not aware of that because you're in that environment.
That's your conditioning.
That's where you have to be.
You don't know any better.
And to fail or to have somebody else better than you not only can cost you your livelihood because if they're better players than you, you lose your contract.
You're out of a job.
But it's also losing your status.
It's losing your manhood.
When that is your identity and that is your life and that is everything that your entire worth and value as a human being is based upon your athletic performance and your athletic performance as being the strongest, harshest, toughest, biggest, meanest person, to not be that is
It means you fail as a person.
Your worth as a human being is diminished.
And your status as a man can be revoked, can be taken from you.
Your introduction to the casino shifted pretty quickly to an online betting habit.
How were you doing this and how often were you doing it?
When I very first started gambling, which was straight away at the age of 18, I
You know, it wasn't a massive issue.
I was still, like, it was something that I just did out of...
I wouldn't say joy, it was just like, it was a pastime, you know, it was sort of like something you did and it was in control and my spending was fine.
And then slowly and gradually it just kind of got worse and worse and it went from being once a month to every weekend to a couple of times a week to daily, hourly, minutely.
Tell me about the time you bet $400 in one go.
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