fixed od betting terminals. It's essentially digital roulette. You could bet a hundred pounds every 20 seconds on these things. People were entranced by them, i've heard gamblers tell me that, but i've seen it in person. They had the potential for people to rack up unbelievable losses in a short space of time if they were unlucky. There was a campaign to reduce the stakes on fixed os bessing terminals from a hundred pounds to two pounds. The campaign was eventually successful. And erd it led to a kind of cross party movement, a kind of rebellion and eventually the government forced to bring gambling regulation back down.
Rob Davies is an investigative journalist for The Guardian and his new book, Jackpot, tells the story of how Britain came to be one of the largest gambling markets in the world. The book describes how the mainstreaming of gambling advertising in the early 2000s combined with high-tech microtargeting of online gamblers has meant that the industry today is profiting from preying on the most vulnerable in society. Joining Rob to discuss the book is Joey D'Urso, investigations writer at The Athletic UK.
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