Luke Bateman

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1,125 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5 Jul

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Conversations · Luke Bateman on surviving a gambling addiction and the magic of his mum’s love · 29 May 2026 podcast

And it was, I had so much, I was so overwhelmed by how much pain I was in.

And because I had no language, I had no tools to process that.

I had no tools to handle that and no one to really speak to about that.

I just had to find coping mechanisms that would numb me from that and that would allow me to sort of distance myself from that noise and from that pain.

You're an elite athlete at this stage, so you must be earning significant bucks.

How much were you earning at this stage?

Yeah, so I was on $400,000 a year.

And what were your main expenses?

Rent.

Rent and groceries.

You know, I was earning $400,000 a year and my expenses were probably the same as most 21-year-olds.

So I would say 90% of my income was disposable.

And did these things balance up how much money you were sinking into gambling versus how much money you were earning?

Yeah, absolutely, yeah.

And then what did you do to get more money if you needed it?

When did that ratio start to change?

Yeah, so I would say...

I was 23 the very first time I kind of lost everything.

And that was such a strange time for me because I was always someone – because I was earning so much money, I always had tens of thousands of dollars in the bank.

And then I was 23 years old the very first time.

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