Footballer Gino van Kessel went down from gambling addiction: ‘I thought I had everything under control’ Inland

Gino van Kessel.

Ⓒ ANP / Karel Delvoye

How it started: ‘With a Totootje of five euros or so.’ How it ended: ‘That my wife said ‘pack your things and go.’ Professional football player Gino van Kessel (29) became a gambling addict, lost a fortune and managed to keep it hidden for years, until the bomb exploded recently. Now he wants to warn young players about the gambling monster. “Every gambler thinks ‘it won’t happen to me’, but at some point it will happen.”