Gambling worry as India firms bet big on online games:.

Months after Faisal Maqbool stopped playing online games on his smartphone, he still struggles with temptation. Last year, the 31-year-old - a project coordinator with a construction firm - lost close to 400,000 rupees ($5,000; APS4,010) in five months while playing an online card game. These are multi-player games which deal you a set of cards and get you to place a wager. "You start with 500 or 1,000 rupees. Then greed overpowers you and you bet...

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