How did Britain come to be one of the largest gambling markets in the world? Rob Davies, investigative journalist and author of Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain, talks to Nick Cohen about how technology, advertising and liberalised laws combined to target some of the most vulnerable in society, the influence of the gambling lobby in British politics, and the urgent reforms the industry needs to make.
- “In a world where technology was evolving rapidly, gambling regulation simply wasn’t fit for purpose.”
- “For every person who is a gambling addict, six other people are affected by that.”
- “People get huge amounts of hospitality lavished on them when they can be relied on to lose thousands of pounds.”
- “For some people, the dopamine rush of putting their money at risk is irresistible.”
- “The gambling lobby has MPs in the contact book like you wouldn’t believe.”
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Presented by Nick Cohen. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Audio production by Jade Bailey. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production
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