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Addicted to Gambling

Britain’s betting industry is booming. The amount we lose to the betting companies has almost doubled in a decade, but are the bookies doing enough to protect problem gamblers?

Britain’s betting industry is booming. The amount we lose to the betting companies has almost doubled in a decade, but are the bookies doing enough to protect problem gamblers?

Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates an industry where complaints are rising even more quickly than turnover. She meets a punter who gambled away more than Β£3 million and the families who have lost their children to addiction.

29 minutes

Last on

Sat 17 Aug 2019 01:20
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Reporter Bronagh Munro
Producer Kathleen Mullin
Executive Producer Andrew Head
Editor Rachel Jupp

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