article_snippet: Mother-of-two Jacqueline Balaam, 41, took the funds from Pembroke College to shore up a crippling gambling habit that saw Balaam, a finance officer wager more than £6million over eight years.
article_snippet: Balaam, a finance officer would sometimes win five-figure sums but rarely kept five-figure sums – instead using the money to pay for more bets on internet site Jackpotjoy.
article_snippet: ’ Balaam, said to have wagered a total of £6,383,126 using the stolen money and Cambridge Crown Court own cash, took an overdose on the day Cambridge Crown Court was arrested but recovered after hospital treatment.
article_snippet: Balaam told the court Cambridge Crown Court had an addiction to online gambling website Jackpotjoy, and has made 'real efforts' to tackle a gambling addiction since Cambridge Crown Court arrest .
article_snippet: Mark Shelley, defending, said Balaam client had been led astray by Cambridge Crown Court gambling habit.
article_snippet: ’ Judge Gareth Hawkesworth told Balaam: ‘It is clear that your taking of this money was prompted by an addiction and it is equally clear that such was your addiction that you made no real profit from it
highlights_snippet: Would even sometimes win five-figure sums which Balaam, a finance officer used for more bets .
  
highlights_snippet: Balaam used scam 77 times over 18 months to pay for bets on Jackpotjoy .
  