Mirror.co.uk – Skint James Petherick has told how he blew £250,000 in 10 years on slot machines ­branded the “crack ­cocaine of ­gambling”. Welder James, 37, spoke about the devastating impact of fixed odds ­betting ­terminals on which ­you can gamble up to £100 in 20 seconds. He was driven to the brink of ­suicide by a crippling ­addiction to the casino-style machines that are found in bookies and are now the target of a Sunday People campaign. He said: “I’d stop on the way home, go into a bookies and pour all my wages into these machines. “I’ve worked…