CHILDREN'S PLAYTHINGS, CRIMINAL PROFITS: GAMBLING RINGS PREY ON YOUTH'S TRUST

It's a sickening reality: while innocent/naive/vulnerable kids are happily playing/absorbed in play/lost in their imagination, shady figures/operators/characters are exploiting/manipulating/preying on their simplicity/trust/good nature. The/This/A bookie world, driven by greed, has found a disturbing/shocking/horrifying new target: children. They/