A young life ‘dominated by gambling’: Victorian coroner delivers stinging findings on death of 22-year-old

<p>Online betting was the ‘direct and paramount’ cause behind Kyle Hudson’s decision to take his own life, inquest finds</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Kyle Hudson was “a young man brimming with promise”, with a loving and supportive partner, family and friends, and prospects.</p><p>“It was a near ideal picture – except for the grip that online sports betting had upon him,” the Victorian coroner Paul Lawrie said on Tuesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/kyle-hudson-inquest-victorian-coroner-gambling-online-betting-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>