For Hornby, it was the cheap, available tickets that helped create and feed his addiction.
Hornby makes little model trains, and has been doing so for a very, very long time.
Hornby said the problem had hurt its business in Europe, where sales fell 30%.
Brock Hornby tossed out all of the complaints except one, according to the Associated Press.
By 1931 Hornby was the owner of a multinational business, MP for Everton, and a millionaire.
City commentator Terry Smith, chief executive of inter-dealer broker Tullet Prebon, also spoke up for Mr Hornby.
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"This was particularly frustrating as demand for our products in Europe continues to be encouraging, " Hornby said.
The Liberal Democrat peer, Lord Oakeshott, has said it is "not sustainable for Andy Hornby not to follow".
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Hornby issued a profits warning in January after sales of its train and slot-car racing sets were hit.
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Inadvertently Hornby had moved out of the toy market into the hobby market, producing for collectors rather than children.
Another guest was Reverend Helen Hornby, the Blackburn Diocese representative for Watch who promote the interests of women priests.
Besides producing model railways, Hornby also owns the Corgi, Scalextric and Airfix brands.
He just taped a pilot for "About a Boy, " based on the Nick Hornby novel and directed by Jon Favreau.
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The Heritage Lottery Fund grant will pay for new screens and interactive displays and educational resources about Frank Hornby's life.
He did not think his bosses, including chief executive Andy Hornby, had "a feel for banking the way I have".
Maybe Austen was simply very shrewd in her choice of subject, says Gill Hornby, author of Jane Austen: The Girl with the Magic Pen.
Hornby now sees the publication of Fever Pitch as a dividing line between the old game and the global product of today.
Mr Hornby, who took over the running of HBOS in 2006, has been the chief executive of gambling company Coral since 2011.
Stripping out the Olympic products, Hornby said that UK sales fell 15%.
But nor did he have Andy Hornby's feel for the retail sector.
The report urged regulators to consider banning Sir James, Mr Hornby and former chairman Lord Stevenson from future roles in the financial sector.
Not long thereafter, Hornby was outperforming the FTSE dramatically, seeing its share price rise from 35 to 250 in just a few years.
Hornby has reported a heavy half-yearly loss, with the toymaker blaming weak UK and Olympic sales, and disruption at a key Chinese supplier.
An Education was brought to the big screen by celebrated British writer Nick Hornby, who has been named in the adapted screenplay category.
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It will also fund a programme of events and activities, including festivals on Merseyside and Liverpool and a Frank Hornby week in Brighton.
Hornby is well known for his books Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About A Boy, which have all made it to the big screen.
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The Banking Standards Committee said Sir James and another former boss, Andy Hornby, were primarily to blame for the collapse of the bank on 2008.
Toy maker Hornby is hoping 2012 Olympic merchandise and a range of Moshi Monsters pin badges will help it to offset a slump in its UK profits.
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Vince Cable wants to see if there is enough evidence to start disqualification proceedings against Andy Hornby, Lord Stevenson and Sir James Crosby, a source told the BBC.
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