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Coronation Street's gambling addiction expert recalls harrowing real-life struggles before recovery that he drew on to bring soap's Ed Bailey's devastating storyline to the screen
Coronation Street bosses have gone to great lengths to ensure Ed Bailey's gambling addiction storyline is as true to life as possible.
Viewers saw a building yard fire break out in Weatherfield last week, with the cause of the incident being suspicious as it happened at the same time Ed was struggling to sell his family construction business. Ed had been desperately scrambling for cash and at Christmas told his family he'd had to sell their presents to claw back some of the money he'd lost through his gambling addiction. Ed had been desperately scrambling for cash and at Christmas told his family he'd had to sell their presents to claw back some of the money he'd lost through his gambling addiction
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