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High Street betting shops are under threat according to their lobbying group, but there are more dangerous places for those with gambling problems.

In a personal film for the Daily Politics, Malcolm George from the Association of British Bookmakers claimed bookmakers' shops were the safest place to make a bet, as there were safeguards with trained staff.

But he said they were closing at the rate of one a day, with some of the blame on "regulation, taxes and myth-spinning".