{"id":395932,"date":"2026-04-16T22:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395932\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:07:08","slug":"woman-with-gambling-addiction-used-unlicensed-sites-before-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395932\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman with gambling addiction used unlicensed sites before her death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ellen Mulvey had self-excluded herself from online gambling via GAMSTOP (which applies to all licensed online gambling operators) before her death, according to her family.\"Ellen<\/p>\n

Ellen Mulvey, 44, used unlicensed sites before her death (Image: SWMRgambling)<\/p>\n

A company boss who had attempted to control her gambling addiction by banning herself from websites was using unlicensed platforms shortly before her death, an inquest will hear.<\/p>\n

Ellen Mulvey, 44, who lived in Cheshire with her partner, had a long history of gambling problems and had self-excluded herself from online gambling via GAMSTOP (which applies to all licensed online gambling operators) before her death, according to her family.<\/p>\n

However, they say she continued to access unregulated gambling websites in the period leading up to her death.<\/p>\n

Ms Mulvey died at Macclesfield<\/a> District General Hospital on November 7, 2025.<\/p>\n

An inquest into her death is due to open at Cheshire Coroner\u2019s Court this week, April 17.<\/p>\n

The hearing is set to consider evidence from her family about her gambling addiction, as well as medical evidence from her GP.<\/p>\n

Expert testimony is also expected from Baroness Clare Gerada, a leading addictions specialist and founder of the NHS<\/a> Primary Care Gambling Service, who will address whether Ms Mulvey was suffering from a gambling disorder and if it contributed to her death.<\/p>\n

At the time of her death, Ms Mulvey was working as a managing director at a London-based financial services recruitment firm, Meraki Talent. She had more than 25 years of experience in the recruitment industry.<\/p>\n

Following Ellen’s death Meraki Talent CEO Andrew Welsh posted a tribute on social media.<\/p>\n

The post read: “It is with the deepest sadness that we share the news of the passing of our colleague and friend, Ellen Mulvey.<\/p>\n

“Ellen joined the Meraki Talent team in London as Managing Director earlier this year.<\/p>\n

“She brought warmth, professionalism, and kindness to everyone she worked with here at Meraki.<\/p>\n

“Ellen loved recruitment and was especially passionate about inclusion, sharing her knowledge about this important subject with all her colleagues.<\/p>\n

“She introduced Mental Health First Aiders to our business, a true mark of such a kind, compassionate and calming person who always thought about the needs of others.<\/p>\n

“We share a feeling of loss with Ellen’s friends and former colleagues at Bruin and extend our heartfelt condolences to her family and all who knew her.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ellen Mulvey had self-excluded herself from online gambling via GAMSTOP (which applies to all licensed online gambling operators)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[74989,163,85,46,522,523],"class_list":{"0":"post-395932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-cheshire","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}