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Lewis Hamilton’s brother, Nicolas, has revealed he fell into a deep depression and considered suicide as a result of an ‘all-consuming’ gambling addiction.
Nicolas, 32, is the half-brother of the seven-time Formula 1 world champion but threw away thousands of pounds on gambling across a six-month binge.
He revealed that his addiction had started from a simple £2 bet on Arsenal to score before it spiralled into him playing online casinos and blackjack in his room in 2017.
The blue motor had been gifted to him by Lewis, Nicolas has detailed in his new memoir, but was sold off because he could not afford to settle a large tax bill.
Writing in ‘Now That I Have Your Attention’, Nicolas has spoken freely on the dark days he spent eating Pot Noodles in his room in a ‘hole’ he could not escape.
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‘I felt so ashamed, using this amazing gift to pay my tax bill,’ he wrote.
‘It felt like I had practically stolen the money from my brother and I have never forgiven myself for that.
‘It destroyed me. I got a real wake-up call. I had no way of going forward because I’d lost everything.
‘I was stuck. I had a balcony at my flat and I was thinking what would I do if I just jumped off it.’
