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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 £3 million and the families who have lost their children to addiction.

29 minutes

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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    We No Who U R

Credits

Role Contributor
Reporter Bronagh Munro
Producer Kathleen Mullin
Executive Producer Andrew Head
Editor Rachel Jupp

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