{"id":24304,"date":"2025-12-30T11:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24304"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:56:37","slug":"actor-mark-lee-recalls-disastrous-gambling-problem-that-previously-left-him-in-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24304","title":{"rendered":"Actor Mark Lee recalls &#8216;disastrous&#8217; gambling problem that previously left him in debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>That was when Lee realised he had to confront his gambling addiction, which reportedly left him S$200,000 in debt, or else \u201cthe problem will continue to exist.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo with the courage my family gave me, I spent about two to three years working very hard to pay off my debts,\u201d he shared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Looking back, Lee admitted he was \u201cvery foolish\u201d at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But how did he end up there in the first place?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI wanted to make the most money in the shortest amount of time, so I went down the path of gambling,\u201d he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shaking his head in regret, he added: \u201cThe outcome was disastrous, an utter defeat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN-US\">This story was originally\u00a0<\/span><\/em><em><span lang=\"EN-US\">published<\/span><\/em><em><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0in 8Days.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN-US\">For more 8Days stories, visit\u00a0<\/span><\/em><em><span lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/www.8days.sg\/<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/entertainment\/mark-lee-gambling-debt-rail-life-story-5754076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That was when Lee realised he had to confront his gambling addiction, which reportedly left him S$200,000 in debt, or else \u201cthe problem will continue&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--yNdypQ7L--\/c_crop,h_1439,w_2560,x_0,y_43\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2025\/12\/30\/mark_lee_rail_life_story.png?itok=fmql3cyk","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3622,8936,14658,14659,1063,518,3623,11124,3914,2080],"class_list":["post-24304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-actor","tag-debt","tag-disastrous","tag-gambling","tag-lee","tag-left","tag-mark","tag-previously","tag-problem","tag-recalls","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}